Saturday, May 28, 2011

Blame The Pentagon If Your Garage Door Is Not Working

Photo: A garage door painted as an American flag. Credit: Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times.

Military Radios Interfering With Garage Doors -- L.A. Times

Garage door remote not working? The Pentagon may be to blame.

Not because of any grand conspiracy theory but rather the mundane use of a radio frequency the military hadn’t used much before.

Homeowners in coastal Orange County are among the latest to discover this quirk. There, signals from Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach have been interfering with garage door openers as far as a half-mile away since March.

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My Comment: I can imagine the confusion and frustration among property owners when they cannot figure out what is wrong with their garage door opener .... the time (and money) wasted before solving the problem would aggravate anyone (if not everyone).

2 comments:

  1. Maintenance is very important if you want your belongings to last long. It would mean fixing it as soon as possible when it gets broken so that it can last longer. Your home garage door needs to be maintained at its best at all times.

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