I have noticed the following component attached to an electric pole, I wonder what that is.
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TimWescott
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Dorad
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Which component? The antenna? You should circle the object in question in photos like this. – DKNguyen Mar 25 '20 at 19:59
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@DKNguyen edited – Dorad Mar 25 '20 at 20:02
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That's an antenna. – DKNguyen Mar 25 '20 at 20:05
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That's Antenna :v – Sadat Rafi Mar 25 '20 at 20:05
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what it is used for? i never seen those before on any electric pole – Dorad Mar 25 '20 at 20:07
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*what it is used for?* transmission of radio waves. – Andy aka Mar 25 '20 at 20:13
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1@Andyaka Or reception of radio waves! – DKNguyen Mar 25 '20 at 20:22
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For what it's worth [here's](https://i.redd.it/11390bsvoz611.jpg) one that isn't broken, also apparently in Israel. – Spehro Pefhany Mar 25 '20 at 21:36
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It's a folded dipole antenna originally operating somewhere near the top of of the VHF band.
It's damaged, and probably not working correctly any more.
It's for whatever is on the other end of the thin black cable.
Often theses antennae are connected to monitoring equipment and transmit data so that those in the control centre can know the state of the network.
Jasen Слава Україні
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SCADA = System Control and Data Acquisition is one name for it. – Spehro Pefhany Mar 25 '20 at 21:37