If you get smooshed by your garage door...

[rainbow4321]

you can thank the Pentagon twits...scary to think these are the folks who are supposed to protect our soldiers!

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB356NAE2E.html

THE SITUATION: The Pentagon soon will begin using a long-authorized radio frequency - 390 megahertz - at dozens of military bases across the country.
THE PROBLEM: The signal is the same that triggers 90 percent of radio-operated garage-door openers and could disrupt their operation. The Pentagon says the effects may be felt within 10 miles of a base, but industry officials set the range at 50 miles.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: Government and industry officials are conferring, but an industry official says a possible fix now is to change the door opener's frequency, probably a $60 job.


http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBOU4PAE2E.html

It is unknown how many garage doors are close enough to one of the 125 bases to be affected, and Pentagon officials refused to list which bases would receive the new radios. A spokesman said large bases are among those receiving them.

The interference was first discovered in recent months in two areas where the new radios were tested: Mechanicsburg, Pa., and Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

In Florida, 127 people living within seven miles of Eglin complained of interference, officials said. In Pennsylvania, where a few bases started using the radios, more than 100 people contacted the local congressman, Republican Rep. Todd Platts, about the problem, an aide said.

Mechanicsburg resident Clifford Jones couldn't open his door at first. Now he can - by walking to within a few feet of it with the remote.

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. I'm at least 50 miles from a base and I have this exact problem

Sometimes the door doesn't work and other times it's opened all on its own. It used to be fine.