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		Stratoscope on Jan 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Something mysterious is blocking car key fobs from... Interference can be a funny thing. We have several of these outdoor LEDs at home: https://www.lampsplus.com/products/midland-9-inch-high-dusk-... If I transmit with a two meter ham radio handheld near any of them at night, the light turns off! When I stop transmitting, the light comes back on. I haven't taken any time to troubleshoot this, but it would be interesting to learn just why a two meter signal makes the light turn off.

op00to on Feb 1, 2019 [–]

You're overloading some "fused" or protected circuit in the little lights with voltage where there's not expected to be voltage. After you stop transmitting, it stops protecting itself.

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