What is this stuff?

[DonTom]

This stuff is out in the desert here, not far from the visitor center. Some of it is radio stuff, so I decided to post it here. All four photos are from stuff inside the same small fenced in area.

But what is it used for? What is this stuff?






-Don- OPCNM, AZ

 

[NY_Dutch]

Looks like it might be a remote weather station to me...

 

[Isaac-1]

That would be my guess, some of it appears to be weather station stuff, some radio links, might be a pipeline monitoring station, as many of those also have weather instruments.

 

[Rene T]

Wind chimes?

 

[strugglebus]

Last pic looks like a type of wind turbine

 

[DonTom]

Looks like it might be a remote weather station to me...

That was my very first guess also, but I wasn't sure, so I decided to post it here.

-Don- OPCNM, AZ

 

[Jim18655]

Rain gauge with wind deflectors so wind doesn't affect the rain total.

 

[Jayflight]

I think you got lost and wondered in the back side of Area 51 and its communications area for the homesteaders back to their mother country..

 

[ziplock]

visitor center.

Maybe the people at the visitor center are knowledgeable?

 

[John From Detroit]

Looks like it might be a remote weather station to me...

Yup. I'll go with remote weather and/or air quality monitor as well. Weather for sure. There are also some other things they may be monitoring as well.

 

[Mark_K5LXP]

If you want to find out for sure unplug it, and see who shows up.

What does google maps show? Often buildings and other landmarks/facilities will be identified.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

 

[DonTom]

If you want to find out for sure unplug it, and see who shows up.

What does google maps show? Often buildings and other landmarks/facilities will be identified.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

What does google maps show? Often buildings and other landmarks/facilities will be identified.

It's the small thingy at (pure decimal degrees) 31.949670 -112.801257. It's difficult to see the small round thingy on any map. No labels on any I checked, including Google.

-Don- OPCNM, AZ

 

[jackiemac]

If close to the border it might be looking for people.

 

[Bugford]

I'll go with weather station Remote weather stations prove their value to farmers

 

[DonTom]

If close to the border it might be looking for people.

I doubt that, but it's just five miles from Mexico.

I'll go with weather station Remote weather stations prove their value to farmers

That looks close enough to me, so I will go with that.

-Don- OPCNM, AZ

 

[LarsMac]

I've seen a couple of those. remote atmospheric monitoring systems.
The one item is a bug trap for monitoring migrating insects.
There are similar stations on remote islands around the Gulf of Mexico.