[EAS] Public Warnings Technology idiots

[Bill Ruck]

They probably use something in the 400 MHz band where the military is 
primary.

Many, many years ago when we had USN in the San Francisco Bay suddenly 
very few garage door openers worked, especially in Walnut Creek.

Turns out that the Navy set up a temporary link to a carrier at NAS 
Alameda because their satellite terminal was being rebuilt.  The link 
was on Mt. Diablo.  In the 400 MHz band.

Since the Navy is primary in that band there was nothing that could be 
done until the carrier got its equipment restored.

In one of the postings the Yolo County rep said that when the power went 
out most people lost their telephones.  That suggests to me VoIP which 
is locally powered.  When was the last time anybody checked the battery 
in the lump on the wall?

Red and green wires powered by the CO have to be more reliable, even if 
it costs more.

Bill Ruck
Curmudgeon
San Francisco

On 9/4/2020 3:38 PM, Barry Mishkind wrote:
> At 02:38 PM 9/4/2020, Larry Wood wrote:
>> We had a contractor show up at our transmitter to bid on some work. When he went to leave he found he could not get into his car. The RF was keeping his remote key from working. After trying unsuccessfully to get in his car for several minutes he found me and asked if I could help with his problem. I pointed out there was a key on his fob and that it would open his car door. He told me he had never used it and didn't think to try it.
> 
>          I experienced this at a mountain site here,
>          but the funny one was around the Empire
>          State Building ... a *lot* of people were
>          having their cars towed, because
>          their key fob didn't open the car or start it.
> https://www.nydailynews.com/news/empire-state-building-car-zap-mystery-article-1.343366
> 
>> ... and they didn't need batteries. Today there is no equivalent.
> 
>          Nope.  Radio Shack is gone.
>