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Fort Detrick Radio System Jams Remote Garage Doors
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| 27 FEB 2005
| The Associated Press
Posted on 02/27/2005 6:06:22 PM PST by Denver Ditdat
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I'm sure the folks who have been using the garage door openers aren't happy, but that's one of the pitfalls of a Part 15 device. You have to accept any and all interference from the primary user(s) of the band, and not cause any interference to them.
Something to keep in mind when BPL (also Part 15) starts to roll out.
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:07:18 PM PST
by
Denver Ditdat
(Ronald Reagan belongs to the ages now, but we preferred it when he belonged to us.)
To: Denver Ditdat; Pete-R-Bilt; B4Ranch; Eaker; Squantos
Look, I told ya I'm sorry about the garage, honey.
Hey, I DID PUSH THE BUTTON.
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:10:13 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(WYGIWYG)
To: Denver Ditdat
Sounds to me like we might have the first test of the new class action laws. It is interesting that the only mention in the article of finding someone to blame is about the government and not the manufacturer of the garage door opener. I would think that is where the liability, if any, would lie.
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:13:07 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
To: NonValueAdded
There is no liability. Those folks are using freq's that belong to the feds...always have. Any lawsuit will get tossed.
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:15:50 PM PST
by
seadevil
(after a 4 year hiatus from FR, I have returned)
To: Denver Ditdat
Wait until it starts interfering with TV clickers.
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:17:30 PM PST
by
bayourod
(Unless we get over 40% of the Hispanic vote in 2008, President Hillary will take all your guns away.)
To: seadevil
How about when some housewife sets off a rocket barrage with her door opener. LOL.
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:18:30 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(WYGIWYG)
To: Denver Ditdat
:-)
Fort Detrick Radio System Jams Remote Garage Doors
This is very good news!
m
:-)
SHUSH!
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:26:03 PM PST
by
maestro
To: bayourod
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:26:40 PM PST
by
Bogey78O
(*tagline removed per request*)
To: seadevil
I'm not referring to lawsuits against the government but rather against the maker of the gd opener (which is what the people are calling them right about now). I agree that the feds are entitled to use those frequencies. But I wouldn't be so quick to claim that the manufacturer has no liability. I'm thinking that if a widely used national brand is involved, there might be some dickering room on the price of the refit kit.
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:27:17 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
To: Denver Ditdat
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:28:23 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: Denver Ditdat
"I think the Army ought to buy us a new opener or pay for a converter," Marty Kreps, professional whiner, told The Washington Post. "If the government was fair, they'd give us a tax deduction," Michael Foster, who is in favor of higher taxes regardless, said... " Oh man, the Army --and the government-- same thing I suppose, is so stoopid, I could spit. Shame on them for imposing their goldarned rules on us, using their own reserved radio frequencies, to have a worthy communications system!
Many more lives would have been saved on 9/11 if only radio communications were better... oh, but the Army and the dumb gubmint is stopping our garage door openers, blah blah blah
I'd better quit now.
To: glock rocks
How about when some housewife sets off a rocket barrage with her door opener
They don't call it Fort Doom for nothing
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:43:37 PM PST
by
Cowman
To: Denver Ditdat
Land Mobile Radio (LMR) has been around DOD for decades....it's of course just a frequency sharing issue. FCC is the culprit as even Uncle Sugar has to ask for frequency use. At least we did prior to and up to 1998 when I retired........
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:43:57 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: glock rocks
Quit callin me honey.......
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:44:54 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: Squantos
Quit callin me honey.......
Only if you stop calling me Shirley
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posted on
02/27/2005 6:49:07 PM PST
by
Cowman
To: Denver Ditdat
It would seem if the manufacturer is using the Army's frequency it would be up to the manufacturer to pay for the change. Funny thi gis the Army talking from Fort Detrick to the Pentagon, Thats a long wasy , Down here where I live the local Fire Department cant get to headquarters 13 miles away and they just bought a new 5 million dollar radio upgrade.
To: Denver Ditdat
On the back of the opener motor housing you will find a wire protruding from and dangling below the cover; get a helper and splice in a long piece of solid wire while the helper operates the remote from greater distances until the distance limit is established; now alternate trimming the lead by 1/4s and checking for increased distance until by repeated trial and error the maximum obtainable distance is achieved. Leave it there and hope for the best; one might also try mounting a ground plane reflector if all else fails.
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posted on
02/27/2005 7:00:06 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(As truth and fiction blend in the Mixmaster of History almost any sauce can be made palatable.)
To: Denver Ditdat
I know about Part 15, our garage door opener operates on 390.000 Mc (verified with my police scanner) which is also one of the frequencies Air Force One uses according to frequency lists that I have. I'm kind of leery to use it when I think about it, I live in a flight path and when the President flies in, he always flies over my house.
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posted on
02/27/2005 7:03:55 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
("Liberalism is a mental disorder." - Michael Savage)
To: LurkedLongEnough
Many more lives would have been saved on 9/11 if only radio communications were better... oh, but the Army and the dumb gubmint is stopping our garage door openers, blah blah blah
IIRC, a lot of New York City's commo systems as well as TV/FM stations centered on the World Trade Center and when that fell, NYC was in a world of hurt in some ways until they could get the backups in the Empire State Buulding running. WNBC-TV was able to go back on the air with a hastily made antenna posted across the river in Alpine, New Jersey on Edwin Armstrong's FM radio tower. What is kind of funny about that is David Sarnoff and Edwin Armstrong had a falling out after Sarnoff kicked Armstrong and his FM gear out of the Empire State Building in 1935 and Armstrong went to New Jersey to build his tower in the sight of Sarnoff. I bet Sarnoff was spinning in his grave over WNBC-TV broadcasting from Armstrong's tower. Naturally, like back in the 1930's to the 1950's, the Empire State Building has returned at the premiere antenna space for FM and TV broadcasting.
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posted on
02/27/2005 7:11:10 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
("Liberalism is a mental disorder." - Michael Savage)
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