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Agreed, it could be a receiver problem on his side rather than a transmitter problem on yours.

 

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That said, you may want to reconsider your position concerning whose problem it is!

Especially when you consider the FCC rules for most electronic devices of this type, it`s sorta straddle of the fence, but says:
1: This device may not cause harmful interference
2: This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

 

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garage opener is opening the neighbors door too..........................

You may have actually done your neighbor a favor, he now knows that his security could easily be compromised by someone with a transmitter like yours. As far as whose responsibility it is to fix it? I`m not 100% sure but i believe as long as your transmitter is operating in the specified band, within the specified frequency range for this type device, within the power output levels specified for this type device, not emitting out of band harmonics, and otherwise functioning as it was designed to, it is up to your neighbor to resolve the problem. Of course the average installer probably wont have the equipment or knowledge to check much of that. As far as the legal liability in the event of a break in, the FCC regulations i mentioned above would come into play there i imagine, who won would depend on who had the best lawyer if it came to that. LOL It may be possible to shield the side of his unit facing you with foil or sheet metal to try and block your signal, depending on his location in respect to your house(on your side or directly across the street?) Or experiment with which direction you point your remote to see if maybe some certain direction may open yours and not his. Good luck, it`s no fun fussing with neighbors, maybe ya`ll can work it out. But if you`re hearing about this from others and the neighbor hasnt approached you yet, .....well, good luck.

 

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I remember when I was a kid in my teens driving around and just pushing the garage door opener button for every house, you'd be amazed at how many doors we opened!

LOL Yeah, i`m guilty too. Back then they operated on a frequency and had a receiver that was easily overridden. And we had a remote of sorts. If you had a CB with a big amplifier, you could open doors for blocks. LOL Most of those CB amps put out dirty signals with terrible harmonics, it would overload the receiver front end and drive em nuts.

 

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I never wanted to get the extra class license, once i got to general and found that most of the extra`s hung out on the general class portion because they were lonely. LOL I also have amps that will go way beyond the legal limit if i push em, but i seldom use them. I`ve talked around the world on 100 watts. And yeah, you could open some doors with a barefoot 4 watt radio if you were right in front of the house.

 

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why is it that I now have this sudden urge to obtain a ham radio and fiddle with it for a bit?

Didnt mean to get off topic, as if that hadn`t already been done in this thread. You can delete my post`s if you wish.

 

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Yeah these people need to get a life.

ROTFL ! Yeah, i guess thats kinda like people that hang out on these forums that can accumulate 25-35k posts in just 5-6 years.

Do you know anyone that has a system and remote like yours that you could try to see if it also opens your neighbors door also?

 

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and no, I've not spent 6 hours in the car with a ham operator (is there any other type other than 'obsessed'?), so you get bonus points for that.

LOL Yes, there are lots of us that arent obsessed, just like theres lots of computer enthusiasts who arent obsessed with posting in forums. If you REALLY want to talk about obsessed, think CELL PHONE. Some people on those are much more irritating than any radio operator i can think of. In fact, cell phones arent even really phones, they`re in essence ,radios that operate in the microwave band, and they`re linked to the phone system via a microwave repeater. They are handy talkies, so you are in effect yaking on the radio. LOL

 

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Gee, I wonder who he's talking about?

LOL Yeah, i saw your 100,000 mile marker in the headlines. You`re bumping 14k a year.

 

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and JW, not one peep about how I really feel.

we should hold a poll for that............worst invention ever........maybe actually get JayDub to post over in CD for a few.

enjoy.

That would make a great topic for discussion or poll. Don`t want to get that started here, but cell phone would have to be in the top 10. :up:

 

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Back on topic you dipsticks.

I finally got a chance to talk to the neighbor.

I start out by asking if he reset the codes on his? Nope

Then I asked how old his was? 6 months (mine is a year old)

So how long has this been acting up? 6 months



Oye............. Yeah this has been going on ever since he installed his new opener.

They are not the same make either. How in the heck with roving codes this could happen is beyond me.

And his opener does not effect my door

Well, he says his is new and he`s only had it 6 months, but is it new technology, or did someone pawn off an older unit they had leftover from days gone by that may in fact be new? Have you seen it, or has the discussion progressed that far? Just a thought, but a possibility.