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Thread ID: 84343	2007-11-02 02:13:00	Drivers stranded by car signals	bonzo29 (2348)	PC World Chat

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607591	2007-11-02 02:13:00	Anyone experienced anything like this? More than a dozen motorists were left stuck in a car park when a car's central locking system malfunctioned and blocked drivers' key fobs . Some cars failed to start on Tuesday in Parrock Street car park, in Gravesend, Kent, while others would not unlock . Stranded drivers were left to call motoring organisations for help . However Gravesend Borough Council had been investigating similar problems in the car park for weeks . Finally Ofcom was called and the offending car found . A spokesman said "weeks of sleuthing" by council officers had them looking for a rogue transmitter or wireless broadband unit in nearby offices . All the time the situation seemed to be worsening Gravesend Borough Council Staff also checked all transmissions in and around the car park, because of nearby communications at the town's Civic Centre and police station . A recently-installed system transmitting car park usage each minute to display signs across Gravesend was also checked . 'Driver unaware' "All the time the situation seemed to be worsening with the last straw this week when more than a dozen motorists were stuck," he added . He said alarms had been going off, and drivers had experienced "mysterious and sporadic" difficulties with car locks . Some people tried replacing their fob batteries, he added . Ofcom was finally called and a survey found a small family car was intermittently sending out signals blocking other fobs in a 164ft (50 m) radius . A notice was placed on the car informing the owner - a commuter who left his vehicle there all day . The spokesman said: "The driver was unaware of the problems his car had been causing and has now made contact with us and the problem will be fixed once and for all . "	bonzo29 (2348)
607592	2007-11-02 02:22:00	Anyone experienced anything like this? More than a dozen motorists were left stuck in a car park when a car's central locking system malfunctioned and blocked drivers' key fobs . Some cars failed to start on Tuesday in Parrock Street car park, in Gravesend, Kent, while others would not unlock . Stranded drivers were left to call motoring organisations for help . However Gravesend Borough Council had been investigating similar problems in the car park for weeks . Finally Ofcom was called and the offending car found . A spokesman said "weeks of sleuthing" by council officers had them looking for a rogue transmitter or wireless broadband unit in nearby offices . All the time the situation seemed to be worsening Gravesend Borough Council Staff also checked all transmissions in and around the car park, because of nearby communications at the town's Civic Centre and police station . A recently-installed system transmitting car park usage each minute to display signs across Gravesend was also checked . 'Driver unaware' "All the time the situation seemed to be worsening with the last straw this week when more than a dozen motorists were stuck," he added . He said alarms had been going off, and drivers had experienced "mysterious and sporadic" difficulties with car locks . Some people tried replacing their fob batteries, he added . Ofcom was finally called and a survey found a small family car was intermittently sending out signals blocking other fobs in a 164ft (50 m) radius . A notice was placed on the car informing the owner - a commuter who left his vehicle there all day . The spokesman said: "The driver was unaware of the problems his car had been causing and has now made contact with us and the problem will be fixed once and for all . " We had a guy in my CB car club a few years back . His handle was "Jupiter Two" and his CB had the linear amplifier to end all linear amps . He put out over 50,000 watts on 27mhz . He could light up a whole mall with their fluorescent lights when they were turned off just by keying up the radio . We heard him talk to Alaska and Germany and Italy during daylight hours . . so it wasn't a skip thing . . . it was sheer power . Now THAT was some powerful RF!	SurferJoe46 (51)
607593	2007-11-02 02:37:00	We had a guy in my CB car club a few years back . His handle was "Jupiter Two" and his CB had the linear amplifier to end all linear amps . He put out over 50,000 watts on 27mhz . He could light up a whole mall with their fluorescent lights when they were turned off just by keying up the radio . We heard him talk to Alaska and Germany and Italy during daylight hours . . so it wasn't a skip thing . . . it was sheer power . Now THAT was some powerful RF! He would have been reaching for his tinfoil underpants I hope?	somebody (208)
607594	2007-11-02 02:43:00	To this day, his wife has not produced any cookie crumblers (NZ= kids) . . as she used to ride shotgun (NZ= in the seat next to the driver) when he was out mobile trying to avoid the FCC (NZ= radio police) when they were RDF'ing him . We ran all around Southern California, trying to find cool places to set up and try to DX with other galaxies . Our favorite spot was TW-3 . . . or Top Of The World III . Sites TW-1 and TW-2 had been found by the FCC and the areas were too hot to use again . We barely got outta one of TW-2 one night when the Feds showed up with a bunch of trucks, RDF antennas spinning, looking for us .	SurferJoe46 (51)
607595	2007-11-02 03:00:00	Anyone experienced anything like this? More than a dozen motorists were left stuck in a car park when a car's central locking system malfunctioned and blocked drivers' key fobs . Some cars failed to start on Tuesday in Parrock Street car park, in Gravesend, Kent, while others would not unlock . Stranded drivers were left to call motoring organisations for help . However Gravesend Borough Council had been investigating similar problems in the car park for weeks . Finally Ofcom was called and the offending car found . A spokesman said "weeks of sleuthing" by council officers had them looking for a rogue transmitter or wireless broadband unit in nearby offices . All the time the situation seemed to be worsening Gravesend Borough Council Staff also checked all transmissions in and around the car park, because of nearby communications at the town's Civic Centre and police station . A recently-installed system transmitting car park usage each minute to display signs across Gravesend was also checked . 'Driver unaware' "All the time the situation seemed to be worsening with the last straw this week when more than a dozen motorists were stuck," he added . He said alarms had been going off, and drivers had experienced "mysterious and sporadic" difficulties with car locks . Some people tried replacing their fob batteries, he added . Ofcom was finally called and a survey found a small family car was intermittently sending out signals blocking other fobs in a 164ft (50 m) radius . A notice was placed on the car informing the owner - a commuter who left his vehicle there all day . The spokesman said: "The driver was unaware of the problems his car had been causing and has now made contact with us and the problem will be fixed once and for all . " Uh, you really shouldn't just copy entire articles, that's plagiarism . Try citing your sources at the very least .	roddy_boy (4115)
607596	2007-11-02 03:01:00	Also, is this illegal in any way? Or can anyone do it for a laugh?	roddy_boy (4115)
607597	2007-11-02 03:03:00	I dont understand why they didnt just put the key in the door and unlock manually, my Calias does if the key flob doesnt work?.....LOL. How stupid is that...or am I missing something?	SolMiester (139)
607598	2007-11-02 03:04:00	Immobilisers and alarms.	roddy_boy (4115)
607599	2007-11-02 03:05:00	Uh, you really shouldn't just copy entire articles, that's plagiarism . Try citing your sources at the very least . Welllllllllllllllllllll . . . Not really plagiarism* . . . more like copyright infringement . I try to always include the source and the by-line if it's available . . that or I do some sly re-editing of the first few lines to get it off a Google search results . *The act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages therefrom, and passing the material off as one's own creation .	SurferJoe46 (51)
607600	2007-11-02 04:27:00	We had a guy in my CB car club a few years back . His handle was "Jupiter Two" and his CB had the linear amplifier to end all linear amps . He put out over 50,000 watts on 27mhz . He could light up a whole mall with their fluorescent lights when they were turned off just by keying up the radio . We heard him talk to Alaska and Germany and Italy during daylight hours . . so it wasn't a skip thing . . . it was sheer power . Now THAT was some powerful RF! I certainly wouldn't mind a transmitter like that :lol:	Agent_24 (57)
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