Air Force Jams Florida Garage Doors

May 19, 2004 4:23 pm US/Eastern
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) A new military radio system is jamming remote-control garage doors in communities near this Florida Panhandle base.

During testing last week of the $5.5 million two-way radio system at Eglin, homeowners in Niceville, Valparaiso and the Crestview area reported that their garage door openers failed to work.

Air Force officials said Tuesday the contractor, Motorola Inc., will try to minimize the problem. Technicians will run the system at slightly different frequencies from those used by garage door openers when another test is conducted Friday through Monday.

"I want my garage door opener to work, too," said Coup.
http://cbsnewyork.com/water/watercooler_story_140162419.html

This sounds a lot like the story from Las Vegas a few months ago, that was left unexplained:

Case of the mysterious mass lockout

06.03.2004
By ROGER FRANKLIN

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Late on the morning of February 21 - nobody is precise about the exact time, location or identity of the first caller - someone rang a locksmith and complained that the remote-control locking system on the caller's car was refusing to respond.

The old-fashioned key, linked to the same circuitry, wouldn't work either, so could the locksmith fix whatever had gone wrong? A couple of minutes later, another locksmith's phone rang. Different caller, different make of car, different security system, same problem.

By the end of the day, the best estimate is that police, fire brigade, locksmiths, car dealerships and tow-truck services had received at least 200 calls from stranded motorists. Many who are still puzzling over the February 21 incident put the figure as high as 1000.

The likely culprit, say some, was a top-secret test of equipment intended to fry an enemy's circuitry.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3553188&thesection=news&thesubsection=world

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:think:

"This device must accept interferrence per FCC ..."

No recourse, what-so-ever. "Accept interferrence." Big deal about which few are knowledgable.

way back when...

:D

Airplanes kept on messing with Samantha's new remote garage door and Darren thought it was witchcraft.

:D

Hmmmmmm...
:eyes:

... and should be accessible and controllable by mechanical means.

Hey, I'm a software engineer and technology geek but I drive a 1987 purely mechanical Nissan truck. It works every time. No gizmos require.

bah, I'm waiting for the tinfoil hatters to come out. If that's the plan to keep everyone immobile, they're really out of touch.