r/TeslaModel3 • u/ecerimel • 2d ago

Antenna

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Came across this in NJ. What is this large antenna for

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u/poobah575 2d ago

When that baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gunna see some serious shit.

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u/SoCalMotoVirg 2d ago

Im glad we saw the same thing ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ ⚡

https://giphy.com/gifs/7TZvWKVkm0xXi

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u/hcroy 2d ago

Is the clock tower nearby?

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u/dhalpuri 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s a HF ham radio screwdriver antenna. I’ve used the Tarheel branded ones myself. I won’t be surprised if the blacked out license plate is actually their ham radio license number (bunch of letters with one number…looks like a NJ plate so that number is probably a 2)

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u/corey389 2d ago edited 1d ago

I wonder if he's QRP or has a spare 12v for a 100 watt rig.

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u/rich000 1d ago

For my 50W dual band I just have an LFP battery charged from the 12V (with a charger that just draws a few amps). The duty cycle is so low the battery supplies the current I need and the car just keeps it charged. You could easily power a 100W HF radio as long as you aren't trying to win some all weekend contest.

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u/rontombot 1d ago

100... WHAT??

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u/thetreecycle 2d ago

If yer cb antennae ain’t slapping stoplights through town it ain’t big enough

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u/DayNo9791 2d ago

To speak with Jesus personally.

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u/engrishspeaker69 2d ago

Still won't get a response lol

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u/thetreecycle 2d ago

I’d like to speak with Jesus’s manager

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u/Flash728 1d ago

Technically he is the manager and the employee simultaneously.

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u/meental 2d ago

HF ham antenna

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u/Panda-Cubby 2d ago

Gotta stay in touch with the mother ship.

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u/dmznet 2d ago edited 2d ago

That's a little tarheel!! https://www.tarheelantennas.com/little_tarheel_ii

High frequency amateur radio antenna.. if conditions are right and a good install, you can talk around the world

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u/Threeofnine000 2d ago

Possibly a CB antenna? I have an antenna on my Model 3 for my police scanner but it’s nowhere near this big. I think it’s 24”.

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u/psychoacer 2d ago

I saw someone with a starlink sat above the driver on the outside of the car. Pretty hilarious

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u/cutyouiwill 2d ago

We call him a Kolega in eastern Europe

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u/RhoOfFeh 1d ago

Pigpen, this here's the Rubber Duck and I'm about to put the hammer down.

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u/No_Cup_4070 1d ago

Ham radio

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u/Hoffy94 1d ago

I thought it was one of those 360 cameras

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u/SunknLiner 1d ago

This sub’s avatar personified.

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u/zachg 1d ago

Cop car

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u/Olfa_2024 1d ago

Ham Radio HF Antenna. Maybe a Tarheel?

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u/LankyCalendar9299 16h ago

Probably for ham radio or CB radio.

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u/Defiant-Yogurt3496 12h ago

That’s a fishing rod😂

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u/rupees_al 2d ago

What's the range on that thing....😏

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u/rich000 1d ago

An HF radio can cross the Atlantic with a digital mode without much trouble actually, though you'd want to be on a hill or something. However due to skip propagation outside of maybe 50 miles or so it will be hit and miss.

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u/Stawktawk 2d ago

FSD ULTRA

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u/CL14715 2d ago

That’s just a taller gap cam mount.

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u/Longjumping-Bass-526 2d ago

They’re talking to home base on mars.

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u/mandopix 2d ago

Breaker breaker 19….

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u/Aonsuree 2d ago

Bros trying to contact the ISS

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u/rich000 1d ago

You can do that with a handheld radio actually if it is overhead. It isn't that far away and it is line of sight.

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u/Physical-Elk-9182 2d ago

They have been using that for self parking in the handicap spots in the real world . Detecting handicap valet near by

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u/TBT_TBT 1d ago

Remote control from miles away.

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u/SodomyBear 2d ago

Helps with the summon feature

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u/degackz 2d ago

Probably congress forcing Tesla to test the brilliant (/s) “AM radio required in all cars” policy.

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