[BC] RFI stalls cars

[Gary Glaenzer]

and too bad the steering column is locked...........


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark W. Croom" <markc at kjly.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] RFI stalls cars


> Now this is a great idea. Mountaintop site--presumably the road is mostly
> downhill from a nearby point, even if it's not paved. Start coasting downhill,
> trying the ignition button every so often...too bad the power steering and
> brakes aren't working either.
> 
> With a little luck there will be a null in the signal that's causing the
> intermod that's probably killing the keyless system. Maybe before you crash.
> 
> Is this a broadcast engineering Darwin award in the making?
> 
> Mark
> MN
> 
>  
> >          There are other cars the same way, including the Lexus.
> > 
> >          One wonders now ... suppose someone drives to a mountain
> >          site and then cannot get a car with no ignition "switch" restarted?
> >          This could be a problem if many cars start to come with such
> >          a "keyless" system. Someone might be "stranded" or .. try to
> >          push their car down the road to get away from the transmitters???
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