What is this device?

[Commander Kinsey]

Can you identify this device? It's affixed to the shed in my neighbour's garden. Camera? Light?

[spuorgelgoog]

The bracket looks more light.

The cable and casing looks more camera.

Owain

[Tricky Dicky]

Could be a camera using POE but hard to tell with only a partial image.

[G r o g]

[No Name]

That looks like either:

1. A directional external 4g antenna for a 4g internet router.....
2. A Wi-fi directional antenna to pick up the Wifi from the main house

[Dave Liquorice]

Too easy, were's the fun in that?

[Commander Kinsey]

Not without trespassing in his garden.

[Commander Kinsey]

But why would he install it outside instead of inside the shed in the dry? The wooden wall of a shed is not going to block much signal.

[Commander Kinsey]

Out in the rain instead of inside the dry shed?

I've never seen any security cameras.

[Commander Kinsey]

The response would be "mind your own f****ng business".

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

Have you tried asking them? That is what I'd do. Brian

[T i m]

I wonder why a neighbour would respond in such a way ... sounds like you have a really good relationship with them?

Cheers, T i m

[Andrew]

Twist it so that it points up in the air and see what happens.

[williamwright]

The bracket is designed to take two flat bottomed U bolts for mast fixing.

That sort of plastic bracketry is very vulnerable to a knock from a ladder or a ball.

Bill

[Anonymous]

As it's on a shed, looks to me like the type of point-to-point outdoor antenna used to extend the main house's WiFi to the shed, which may be out of range, or too weak, to try with usual laptop builtin antenna.

Is there a similar one on the main house ?

One place I worked had such a setup between 2 buildings. Cheaper than getting a second drop from the cable co.

[T i m]

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;-)

Some (otherwise) good next-door-neighbours had some metal tubular wind chimes out the back of their house and if they were out and it was windy, I would tie them up to silence them.

They couldn't really complain because 1) I could do it from my garden,

2) they weren't there to 'enjoy' them and 3) I considered it noise pollution.

How they / anyone would want anything like that, especially if they had Tinnitus (as I do) baffles me.

I wouldn't have them *because* I wouldn't want to risk annoying the neighbours. ?

It's different if I'm using the AG on something outside the workshop because that's me doing something practical and I won't be doing it outside reasonable hours or every day (or if they were out in the back garden themselves having a BBQ or had the washing out etc).

Cheers, T i m

[Richard]

Don't much want to control everyone else do you? Obviously *your* needs are paramount.

[micky]

If you really want to get into this, but a drone for 50 to 100 dollars and I'm sure, after practicing quite a while in a wide open field, you can get a perspective where you see the whole thing while the drone is over your land.

I was going to do that to ispect my roof, but a kindly roofer took pictures of it for me.

[T i m]

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Nope, I don't want any ... but unfortunately there are some that are antisocial and so they will need controlling and there are systems in place to do so.

Only obvious to you because you are still completely wrong (of course).

Cheers, T i m

[Commander Kinsey]

You find it acceptable to make a noise all through the night? My neighbour used to have those things, I didn't have to touch them, a very strong wind smashed them up 2 weeks after she bought them. My other neighbour had set up a large canopy to sit under in the garden, and the same wind picked it up and blew it right over my fence and narrowly missed 2 ornaments. He came round to ask for it back, so I handed him the bent out of shape broken bits of steel and torn canvas, then reminded him that there could have been a £60 bill for two ornaments. His next construction was more stable.