[mollynme]

Any FReepers having trouble getting into their garages?

[diverteach]

this has been a problem for some time now here where I live next to Eglin AFB in Niceville, FL.

[DugwayDuke]

The military will lose and will be forced to shut down these transmitters if the effect is as described. The law on frequency allocation pretty much says the military must yield if there is a conflict unless there is no other military option. Yeah, I read the part about these garage door openers operating in a military band and I still believe the miliary will lose this one.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Your government at work.

[ASA Vet]

Any FReepers having trouble getting into their garages?

Yes, I've not been able to get into my garage since the springs broke.
Can I blame the Army and send them a bill?

[Vinnie]

I remember a Joan Rivers routine from yrs. ago.
It was when IUDs were new.

She said every time she crossed her legs the garage door would open. LOL

[NautiNurse]

Happened here in FL several months ago, for several days in a row.

[asgardshill]

A malfunctioning GDO could ruin your whole day.

[Dalite]

Let me see if I got this right....

Military gets interference on one of their tactical frequencies from garage door openers legally manufactured with a shared frequency status from the FCC.

Military retaliates by jamming frequency, rendering it useless for both tactical use and garage door use.

illogical

A look at any spectrum map covering DC to Daylight will reveal that the military does have a few gigahertz of other spectrum available.

Wait until they play the rookie contractor trick and nail a few hundred paint jobs by triggering the doors to come down at the wrong time.

A long time ago, contractors learned why you can't open a new subdivision of stepford homes with garage door openers all on the same frequency.

While effectively jamming all frequencies of garage door openers, it won't take much of a stray RF signal to activate random codes of the openers.

[ruiner]

"his group raises safety concerns about people who don't carry house keys being locked out of their homes."

We need to convene a panel of the brightest intellects known to man in order to devise a plan to overcome such a mighty challenge.

</sarcasm>

[bigbob]

"All your garages are belong to us!"

[Piquaboy]

Golly! I hope we don't have to get out of our cars and open them by hand. Would that also cause the cables to break as mine did several weeks ago?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Oh well. Too bad. Because garage door openers are part of a group of devices whose operating frequencies are governed by Part 95 of the FCC regulations which states, "These frequencies are not afforded any protection from interference due to the operation of fixed and mobile stations in other services assigned to the same or adjacent frequencies..."

Time to upgrade I guess.

[GingisK]

The ultimate development in weapons systems: the garage door jammer. This will certainly give us the edge in urban combat!

[mollynme]

Saw this on the local news and was wondering if it might be coming to a base near us.

[MineralMan]

On a different, but related note, I bought a wireless doorbell for my new house. Trouble is, every time a neighbor uses his garage door opener, my doorbell rings.

I replaced it with a real, wired doorbell.

[Dr. Zzyzx]

When Reagan would visit his ranch in California, they'd park the Doomsday plane at March AFB. It would make garage doors open and close from time to time in the neighborhoods around the base.