[TCARES 0660] Recent RFI in West Lafayette

[Earle Nay]

Attention all area hams:

On the 6 pm channel 18 news today (10/7/15), the lead article was about a
number of residents in a
West Lafayette neighborhood experiencing RF interference with their garage
door openers, home
control RF fobs, and car remote controls while a unfamiliar car was
witnessed in the area.

Unfortunately, in an interview with Channel 18, the owner of  a local
electronics supplier mentioned that
anyone with the right experience and high power RF amplifier could create
this problem,
*including amateur radio hams.*

If a ham was responsible for the interference, I assume it was an
accident.  The incident is assumed
to be a criminal act as later in the day one of the homes had its garage
broken into.

Just a word of caution, hams may be approached by friends or strangers and
asked if hams could
be responsible.  With our public service attitude, RFI sensitivity and
concern, and narrow band
transmitters, only a bad apple would do this.

AB9EN
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