<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Delicious story! How'd you get caught?<br>Scott<div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, May 22, 2015 4:36:33 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] OT - Replacement Gate Remote<br><br>Somewhat more off topic. When I was a teenager in the circa 1960 time <br>frame, I had a pair of 10 meter (ham band) portable transceivers (HT) <br>by Heathkit. When a friend/fellow amateur and I were testing the range, <br>we discovered that we could open and close a garage door on a neighbor's <br>house by whistling into the mike. That was great fun until we got <br>caught. Obviously those early openers were operating on the 27 Mhz <br>citizen band and tone activated. The receivers were so wide that our <br>29.6 Mhz transmitters at maybe a watt would trigger them.<br><br>Jim.<br>On 05/21/2015 10:45 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:<br>> the real reason Chamberlain made multi code remotes was because low flying planes were accidentally opening garage doors -<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>