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Author Topic: I DXed my garage door  (Read 2029 times)

Offline Antennae

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I DXed my garage door
« on: September 23, 2016, 1621 UTC »
I drove away from my home today and realized I didn't close my garage door. I knew that the first click would have more juice than subsequent clicks. I was tempted to click it through a chain link fence, but I saved my precious first click. It was all I had to keep me from turning around.  So I backed up to a clear shot, held the clicker high, and it worked! 
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Re: I DXed my garage door
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2016, 1756 UTC »
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Re: I DXed my garage door
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2016, 1908 UTC »
I remember when keyless entry became an option on cars. I had a friend who owns a couple of car lots. We were out knocking around one day at a strip mall when he pulls a key fob out of the console and says "Watch this!" He hits unlock on the thing and horns beep across the parking lot. He mentioned the name of car maker whose fob it was and tells me there only five of them for the entire line they were introducing keyless entry with. It was worse than the days when the locksmith would come out with the ring of 20 odd keys or so that would unlock every car in a makers fleet.

Keyless entry, making car theft easy for all.

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Re: I DXed my garage door
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2016, 2251 UTC »
I drove away from my home today and realized I didn't close my garage door. I knew that the first click would have more juice than subsequent clicks. I was tempted to click it through a chain link fence, but I saved my precious first click. It was all I had to keep me from turning around.  So I backed up to a clear shot, held the clicker high, and it worked! 

So--- about how far?


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Re: I DXed my garage door
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2016, 0029 UTC »
Thats not the important part. Wait, yes it it. It was about 250' away.
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