The Defense secy. should make sure the Defense Dept. (DoD) puts i...
The Defense secy. should make sure the Defense Dept. (DoD) puts in writing its plans to do a better job of informing communities about interference to garage-door openers from new DoD land mobile radios, GAO said. Being deployed to…
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military installations, the units run in the 380-399.9 MHz frequencies that many unlicensed low-power garage door openers use. Under FCC rules, such systems must accept interference from DoD and other authorized spectrum users. With many complaints about garage-door woes, the DoD said, it would do a better job of outreach, according to GAO. DoD and major garage-door makers plan to notify communities at least a month ahead of the radios’ arrival at bases, with notices to the media and local congressional district offices, GAO said.