Topic: Key fobs suddenly quit working

[MRS.Bignerd]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/carstairs-key-fob-mystery-solved-grocery-store-1.5003043?fbclid=IwAR1jMRR5UYGcjmw1h7bRKqawvvkSINVMFKHUj4tONq0Nr1hxhdfRdtfUywo

Would be nice if they specified what kind of consumer electronic equipment it was, and wtf is transit mode??

[thedude]

The article seems to point towards it being a remote car starter?

[seat safety switch]

It's reached the greater internet outside of Canada now, so you should have an explanation and solution within a week.

https://gizmodo.com/a-mysterious-force-is-blocking-car-key-fobs-in-this-sma-1832232272

Nobody has figured out what the Ranchlands Hum is.

The CBC article probably means "transmit mode." I bet they have a security guard or a whacker nearby who has a cheapo reflashed Baofeng radio.

Aren't some garage door openers also 315MHz? Maybe one got stuck on?

[MRS.Bignerd]

Nobody has figured out what the Ranchlands Hum is.

The CBC article probably means "transmit mode." I bet they have a security guard or a whacker nearby who has a cheapo reflashed Baofeng radio.

Aren't some garage door openers also 315MHz? Maybe one got stuck on?

Lol I apparently didn't read the article too well.  Well a car starter stuck on transmit mode could explain the somewhat intermittant occurance for us, the old people who moved in two houses ago though have fairly newer cars, they don't appear to be the type to install stuff on their own. But maybe if I can catch them I will ask if they have any electronics in the garage etc. Like I said I know in the summer they had an audio visual company there installing stuff for a few days.

[seat safety switch]

There is probably some local group of ham nerds who will happily come out and try all their expensive gear to figure out who is the spectrum bandit.

[MRS.Bignerd]

There is probably some local group of ham nerds who will happily come out and try all their expensive gear to figure out who is the spectrum bandit.

Damn, no Subaru nerds I guess eh? lol.

[TenTurbo]

Wow, interesting story from Carstairs. Never would have guessed. Maybe someone in your neighbourhood has the same car starter