Has anyone else noticed what appears to be portable cell towers up and down
the GSP? They are towers on trailors with a small box at the end, maybe a
generator and most are placed in the center median, at the SP turnarounds.
Are these part of some State Police communications network? Are they part of
a commercial cellular network? Anyone have any idea?

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73! de Andy KC2SSB
Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw
http://shorecogs.tripod.com
AIM: shorecogs

Most likely if its in the median of the road, those are temporary cell
towers.

While waiting to get easements and permits to build a new tower or to go on
an existing tower, this is the temp solution to get customers the coverage
they need.

Nextel finally got theirs up at the 131 mile marker not too long ago having
to go the same route.


"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message
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Has anyone else noticed what appears to be portable cell towers up and
down
the GSP? They are towers on trailors with a small box at the end, maybe a
generator and most are placed in the center median, at the SP turnarounds.
Are these part of some State Police communications network? Are they part
of
a commercial cellular network? Anyone have any idea?

--
73! de Andy KC2SSB
Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw
http://shorecogs.tripod.com
AIM: shorecogs

In Massachusetts, the folks doing traffic reports on local TV refer to s=
ensors
that they say monitor the traffic flow. The sensors appear to be alu=
minum
poles and wooden telephone poles forty feet high, and have gone up a=
long
side I 93 and Rt. 3 in the past month. They have two (2) solar panels =
and a
small white box, with no TV camera lense, half way up the poles looking d=
own at
a 45=BA angle, facing the roadway! Below this is a junction box at chest =
level.
It's too bad they couldn't just us the existing highway over head sight =
posts.
That are just feet away form them!

It's possable the sensor post my have to be a certain distance apart to =
measure
the traffic flow. Even so, one post could have been a traffic sign and t=
he next
a stand alone post! Also weather towers, in fenced in compounds are set=
up at
interchanges along the highway.
Jim

KD2PM wrote:

Most likely if its in the median of the road, those are temporary cell
towers.

While waiting to get easements and permits to build a new tower or to g=
o on
an existing tower, this is the temp solution to get customers the cover=
age
they need.

Nextel finally got theirs up at the 131 mile marker not too long ago ha=
ving
to go the same route.

"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message
...
Has anyone else noticed what appears to be portable cell towers up an=
d
down
the GSP? They are towers on trailors with a small box at the end, may=
be a
generator and most are placed in the center median, at the SP turnaro=
unds.
Are these part of some State Police communications network? Are they =
part
of
a commercial cellular network? Anyone have any idea?

--
73! de Andy KC2SSB
Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw
http://shorecogs.tripod.com
AIM: shorecogs

"KD2PM" wrote in message
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Most likely if its in the median of the road, those are temporary cell
towers.

While waiting to get easements and permits to build a new tower or to go
on
an existing tower, this is the temp solution to get customers the coverage
they need.

Nextel finally got theirs up at the 131 mile marker not too long ago
having
to go the same route.

But these are at regular intervals, every few miles, so I don't think it's a
cell phone company waiting get build a new tower. I frequently travel
between exit 80 and 128, and these are deployed the entire distance, every
few miles.

Been a while since I traveled the GSP, I am normally on the NJTP.

Sometimes they throw up the EZ-pass monitors to check on traffic conditions
by monitoring the EZ Pass vehicles to determine speed and thus traffic
conditions. But that would mean you should see the antennas pointing down at
the roadway. If these have more of an OMNI positioning, beats me. I would
have to drive up there. I sometimes frequent 131 to 145 so I may not see it
if it does not head up that far.


"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message
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"KD2PM" wrote in message
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Most likely if its in the median of the road, those are temporary cell
towers.

While waiting to get easements and permits to build a new tower or to go
on
an existing tower, this is the temp solution to get customers the
coverage
they need.

Nextel finally got theirs up at the 131 mile marker not too long ago
having
to go the same route.

But these are at regular intervals, every few miles, so I don't think it's
a
cell phone company waiting get build a new tower. I frequently travel
between exit 80 and 128, and these are deployed the entire distance, every
few miles.

"KD2PM" wrote in message
...
Been a while since I traveled the GSP, I am normally on the NJTP.

Sometimes they throw up the EZ-pass monitors to check on traffic
conditions
by monitoring the EZ Pass vehicles to determine speed and thus traffic
conditions. But that would mean you should see the antennas pointing down
at
the roadway. If these have more of an OMNI positioning, beats me. I would
have to drive up there. I sometimes frequent 131 to 145 so I may not see
it
if it does not head up that far.

These towers have antennas that appear to operate in the same frequency
range as cell towers. They are placed in omni position, like cell towers, so
I don't think they're watching ez-pass. I figured it was probably part of
some state police communications network, but I'm not sure. I rarely travel
above exit 128, so I am unsure if they continue up that way.

Above all else...WHY would anyone live in New Jersey?

I love NJ. It is a great little state.
"LoBall" wrote in message
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Above all else...WHY would anyone live in New Jersey?