Hi Hugh,
Similar experience here ! Next door has recently gotten wireless
Internet. If I am on his side of my van (Large Transit) I cannot get
the wireless key to lock the doors. On the other side its fine !!
Oddly enough one of the car parks next to the police station has a large
empty area. Very often you can see people with the AA or RAC attending
to people that cannot get their cars to restart. It turns out that the
interference from the transmitter kills the engine management system !!
On Friday 07 April 2006 08:12, Hugh Gundersen Scribbled:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:03:12 -0400, you wrote:
>
> Silly question here and nothing to do with computer - well slightly-
> maybe!
>
> Now that 'wireless' is becoming more common I have noticed that I
> have been getting more and more false triggering of the alarm on my
> car (BMW 7 Series).
>
> I have also seen it reported the I am not the only person that is
> inconvenienced by this and many have replaced the radio receiver
> control unit (key operated locking and auto alarm etc) only to still
> be bothered by false triggering.
>
> It has been suggested that the increasing usage of radio based
> networks, radio telecommunications (not cell phones) and such things
> causes no end of aggro to systems that the inventors/designers never
> realised existed.
>
> This is, probably, due to the governments (FCC in US) allocating wave
> bands without due care and consideration for existing users of that
> waveband. One example is the 27Mhz band. US Citizen band - UK model
> aircraft remote control. UK 27Mhz FM = UK Citizen band. Old 405
> line VHF TV transmission in UK is now let out for cordless phones
> among other things but is still used for obscure transmissions. I am
> not am expert but I wonder if this has anything to do with some of
> the network aggro we have experienced and interference with 'outside'
> "radio controlled" equipment.
>
> Anyone here experienced such........
>
> Hugh
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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