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Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956
For several weeks, citizens of North Olmsted, Ohio—a small town a few miles west of a NASA research center—have been plagued by a mysterious force that has blocked their garage openers and car key fobs from functioning. But after many attempts by amateur sleuths and expert technicians to determine the source of the vexation, the problem has been resolved.
According to the New York Times, North Olmsted officials first began receiving reports about the issue in late April. Since then more than a dozen residents of the town and the neighboring Fairview Park have told authorities about their inability to use garage door openers and key fobs.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/a-mysterious-force-has-been-blocking-car-key-fobs-in-th-1834551015
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:19AM (2 children)
Shoulda gotten a Ham license...
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(Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday May 08 2019, @09:58PM (1 child)
Wouldn't have helped his application. These 315MHz dodads are CHEAP. Nothing that operates in the ham bands is so cost effective. And if he couldn't understand the datasheet it isn't likely he would have understood (or cared) about the ham regs either.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 08 2019, @11:59PM
If he passed his ham license exam, he should have gained some appreciation for why there are ham bands in the first place, and what his cheap-o 315MHz chip would do to his neighbors' stuff.
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