[OZAPRS] RE: New wheels - dare I use anything that transmits?

[Norm VK3XCI]

Very odd,

I drove my old VN Calais over 300K km, full of VHF gear, without a 
single problem. I would suggest that any car that has a problem has a 
problem, so to speak. What about the implications of driving past, eg, 
an FM broadcast station, an MF or HF station popping out 100kw or so?

My understanding is that motor vehicle electronics are designed to be 
pretty much bullet proof. There are liability issues here!!!!



Norm VK3XCI
from his brand new Ubuntu 8.04 installation




Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
> I used to have that problem in my (VR) commodore - had to go remote 
> heads and move everything to the boot, as otherwise she'd cause probs 
> for the BCM, and shut down the engine.. Of course, hitting transmit on 
> 2m at 50W while passing pretty much any VN-VS commodore on the highway 
> will cause their engine to die until you're a car length or so past 
> them..
>
> The Fiance's Astra (05 model) has no problems with my D7 sitting on 
> the dash.. Haven't actually tested anything in my VT wagon yet.. (Of 
> course, the old diesel hilux didn't care about it ;) )
>
> Cheers,
>
> DG
>
>
> Damien Gardner Jnr
> VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust
> rendrag at rendrag.net - http://www.rendrag.net/
> -- 
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>
> On 26/08/2008, at 12:11 PM, Ian Mills wrote:
>
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance for any opinions/advice/horror stories or 
>>> even good news .....
>>> 73
>>> Terry
>>> VK5ATN
>>
>> Hi Terry, this makes me laugh as my XYL's car is a Subaru WRX ... I 
>> setup my THD-7 in it once and only once :-)
>> ... every time it beaconed the engine would cut-out ... It has a 
>> fancy anti-hijacking satellite tracker and the 2m RF
>> must be causing problems ... Very embarrassing and gained the scorn 
>> of the wife ...
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ian vk2him
>> AWA Limited
>>
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