The FCC warned the public Tues. of possible interference to garag...
The FCC warned the public Tues. of possible interference to garage door openers from military land- based mobile radar systems at 380-400 MHz. The Commission has faced a rash of complaints in several cases when the military turned on…
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the new systems, which can shut down garage door openers for miles around, said Bruce Romano, assoc. chief, Office of Engineering & Technology. “How heavily you're affected depends on what channels they operate on, how far you are from the base and how heavy the traffic is,” Romano said: “Companies have developed alternative garage door openers and they're available.” OET Chief Ed Thomas highlighted the problem in Oct. remarks at a Dept. of Defense spectrum summit (CD Nov 1 p 4). Thomas observed that in some cases kids would come home from school and couldn’t get in because they suddenly couldn’t open their garage doors. FCC said it was working with the garage door opener industry to craft a solution. “Some consumers near these bases may experience interference to their garage door openers that can reduce operating range or cause the remote control to cease functioning,” the FCC said in its notice. “This interference will not cause the garage doors to open or close on their own. Inside the garage, wall-mounted push buttons will not be affected by any interference that might occur, and will continue to operate normally.” - HB