[s-cars] WAS Re: Key madness '95 S6 - best way to replace a stolen key? Now: Remote Solutions

[Lee Levitt]

Despite the evidence to the contrary, my wife refuses to believe 
that the remote to chin trick increases range.

Oh well, it's okay that *I* know I'm right. She doesn't have to 
agree :)

Lee


On Tue Mar 13 10:48:59 PDT 2007, Dave Forgie <forgied at ae.ca> 
wrote:


> 
> Recently, I did an experiment to prove to myself that the "myth" 
> of
> extending the range of these RF remotes by holding the remote to 
> your
> head (touching your head, or under your chin) increases the 
> range.  I
> did this in a parking garage, in stages, and found that with the 
> head
> (chin in my case) touching trick, the range went from about 10 ft 
> to
> about 50 ft.
> 
> Could be due to a misspent youth, penny candy and several large 
> amalgam
> fillings acting as amplifers.
>