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Vanishing Mobile Phone Masts
babycakes writes "The BBC has an article about the concealment of mobile phone antennae in the UK, where the masts have been disguised as clock face hands, chimneys and so on. The company behind them, The Undetectables (flash site) aim to 'eradicate this architectural acne' - pics available."
This sort of thing is more useful in the UK, as there are numerous historical preservation zones where you can't even have a visible satellite dish. In the middle of a town, it's much easier to get permission if the mast is invisible. That, and the local schools won't start bitching about the unreasonably high rate of student's brain tumors if the masts are invisible.
I mean, I never thought attennas were that much of an eyesore. While I'm all for making them smaller and whatnot, I sure as hell wouldn't make them all cute and crap if I lose performance.
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Ok, flash site is one thing. Has so many useless little files that it throws the browser into spasms where the stop button and mozilla logo blink at around 1 Hz site is a little more annoying. Perhaps their precious little flash animations don't do so well against a friday afternoon slashdotting....
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I agree wholeheartedly. There seems to be a huge movement to outlaw mobile 'phone masts and DTH satellite dishes in the UK, despite the fact that they're both ENORMOUSLY less visually intrusive than the telephone poles and TV aerials that they supplant. Fucking Luddites is what it is.
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I have read stories of amatuer radio operators playing games with their antennas so they would be harder to see. If QST a few years back they showed a picture of an antenna painted brown to blend in with the trees, no leaves on it however. This also reminds me of the person who used their clothesline as an antenna until the neighbor accidentally touched it while the guy was transmiting....