kallistii | Dec. 4th, 2005

If you remember a while back a number of people around the Market and such were having problems with their remote garage door openers not working, or acting funny...well here is a story about the exact same problem elsewhere...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10295651/

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Clash of radio frequencies is closing the door on some military neighbors
By Joel Seidman
Producer
NBC News
Updated: 3:30 p.m. ET Dec. 2, 2005
WASHINGTON - Yes, it is those pesky low-frequency military radios that are causing thousands of garage doors across the country to open unexpectedly, or not at all.

When a nearby military radio system operates on the same frequency as the remote controls to your garage door opener, it can paralyze your remote controls and they may not work, even from a close distance.

For those affected, solutions to the problem could make for interesting holiday shopping ideas, or it may just present a costly, mind numbing, dilemma."

And it references this story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10302261/from/RL.1/

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WJHG-TV-Panama City, FL
What Do Your Garage and the Air Force Have in Common?
WJHG-TV
The Department of Defense is being told it should help people with garage door openers jammed by military radios. Many residents in the Ft. Walton Beach area near Eglin Air Force Base know that problem all too well.
Friday, the General Accounting Office released a report saying the Pentagon hasn't done enough to help those who are affected.

The problem comes from military radios that broadcast on frequencies close to those used by garage door openers, rendering them useless.

The report also says that the military owns the frequencies, and while they should help people, they don't have to.
Eglin has run into the problem for the last year, but usually warns residents when to expect some problems."