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Subject BREAKING!!!! -- United States military Siezes Wireless Frequency For Controlling Your Garage Door Opener - Military says "Tough shit!"

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Looks like it has been going on for a while.

Military has been using those frequencies since WWII, so it's more likely garage door manufacturers who are at fault.

Garage door openers operate on "unlicensed basis" within the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations on radio frequencies, known as FCC Part 15 rules.  Because garage door openers operate as FCC Part 15 unlicensed devices, they must accept any interference that may occur from the authorized users of radio frequencies. Some manufacturers of garage door openers, deeming that their risks of interference are generally low, have chosen to operate on frequencies between 380 MHz and 399.9 MHz that have been reserved for the US government and military services since World War II.  DoD and the US military are fully authorized to use these frequencies, particularly for LMR systems that are necessary for force protection, law enforcement,  firefighting, transportation management, and emergency medical first responders on military bases and installations.

Consequently, some consumers located near military bases may occasionally experience radio frequency interference to their garage door openers which can temporarily reduce the operating range of the wireless controls or cause the wireless control to stop functioning.  This interference will not cause the garage doors to open or close by themselves, but rather they will temporarily simply not operate wirelessly.  However, the installed hard-wired controls inside or outside of the garages will not be affected whatsoever by radio frequency interference, and will continue to electrically open and close the doors normally.

According to FCC Public Notice DA 05-424 of February 15, 2005, the garage door opener manufacturers stand ready to help consumers resolve any interference to their systems, including, in some cases, making available for consumer purchase, a replacement transmitter and receiver to operate on a different frequency than that used by US government or military services and mobile radio systems.

Consumers who experience problems with the garage door openers should contact their manufacturer or local repair shops for assistance."
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Topic says it all!

The United States military has, on a national level, seized control of the wireless frequency that operates millions of electric Garage Door openers around the Nation... over 40 million people could be effected and their Garage Doors will no longer work, unless the Military allows it to work... or the home owner goes and buys a new garage door opener or the manufacturer of their existing unit makes available and sells to them a "kit" for changing their existing frequency.

Military says... "Tough shit. Military Needs come first!"

SO NOW THEY CAN SEIZE CONTROL OF OUR GARAGE DOORS, ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS A POLICE STATE UNDER MARSHALL LAW!!!

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Augusta, GA -
***UPDATED at 5:10 P.M. on Monday, June 10th***

Widespread problems involving garage door openers are now affecting the CSRA. The problem is affecting 40 million people around the country...and thousands of homeowners here in Augusta.

We have been tracking down information on this problem all day Monday and we learned that garage door openers use a frequency that is not licensed. That means...the frequency is up for grabs...

As part of the U.S. Department of Defense's new state of the art communication system, the military has taken over the unlicensed frequencies which are mostly used by garage door remote openers, cordless phones, and even baby monitors. But, what's deemed a help for military safety is a headache for local neighbors.

People in one typically quiet Augusta neighborhood have been clamoring over a problem that can't be seen or heard...but it's left a bad feeling.

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