[Scan-DC] Fort Detrick Radio System Jams Remote Garage Doors

[Gary Mitchelson - N3JPU]

Several strong control channels are being heard now which are new since last
week. PRO-96 can receive and decode them directly.

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Fort Detrick Radio System Jams Remote Garage Doors

Updated: Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005 - 2:47 PM

FREDERICK, Md. - A new radio system at Fort Detrick will improve
communication with the Pentagon. The downside: some people may have to open
their garage doors the old-fashioned way.

The Land Mobile Radio system will allow Fort Detrick and 10 other Army
installations in the Washington region to communicate with the Pentagon and
civilian emergency personnel by hand-held radios.

In a suburban sacrifice to emergency preparedness, Frederick residents could
experience a rash of dead door openers in coming days, as the Army's Fort
Detrick begins using a new radio system linking local and federal government
emergency personnel.