The Bermuda Triangle... of Cambridgeshire: Villagers living near Army barracks locked out of their cars 'by mystery high-frequency radio waves'
By Ted Thornhill
Last updated at 3:44 PM on 3rd February 2012
Translation by Autumnson Blog
Residents living near an Army barracks say their village green became a mysterious 'Bermuda Triangle' after their remote-control car door locks were by jammed by radio interference.
住在軍營附近的居民說，他們鄉村的公用草地成為一神秘的“百慕達三角”，在他們的遙控汽車門鎖被無線電干擾卡住後。
Motorists in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, say the locks on their cars refused to work when they parked at the village green.
在劍橋群水灘的駕車人士說，當他們將車泊在鄉村的公用草地上，他們汽車上的鎖拒絕工作。Modern push-button ignitions were also scuppered by the unknown, eerie interference.
現代的自動化點火亦被未知、神秘的干擾卡死。
調查：水灘草地上的Piotrowski 教授監測超高頻率波段
軍方理論：一位科學家認為，干擾來源是水灘軍營附近
Radio experts first noticed the problem when they met in the village pub last week and discovered they were all locked out of their vehicles.
無線電專家首先注意到該問題，當他們上週在鄉村酒吧遇上，及發現他們全都被鎖在他們的車輛外。
Some members of the group had to get lifts home and return with manual overrides.
該組的一些成員要乘手動override升降機來回家中。
The following day the group, including professional scientists, returned with sophisticated monitoring equipment and found ‘ultra-high frequency bands’ was causing the block.
次日該組包括專業科學家帶回先進的監測設備，並發現“超高頻率波段”造成這障礙。
Professional scientist Wojciech Piotrowski said the mystery frequency was likely to have been caused by the military, but admitted a faulty TV or fridge could also be to blame.
專業科學家沃伊切赫Piotrowski說，神秘的頻率很可能是由軍方造成，但他承認也可歸咎於一部有問題的電視或冰箱。
He said: ‘A strong electrical interference source was radiating radio signals in one of the ultra-high frequency bands at the southern end of the Green.
他說：“在草地南端的強電干擾來源在其中一條超高頻率波段散發無線電信號。
‘The primary user of this band is the military. However, by Sunday, the problem seemed to have gone.
“這波段的主要用家是軍方，然而在週日，這問題似乎已經不見了。
‘It was really weird but being the radio hams that we are, we sort of knew it was an interference of some kind.
懷疑：水灘草地是非常接近軍營
怪異集：在水灘其中一個失靈的電子鑰匙扣
‘I'm sure it would be worrying for other people, suddenly being locked out of their cars could be scary I guess.’ The boffins managed to detect the unusual frequency with a spectrum analyser and direction-finding techniques.
The amateur radio group believe wireless devices in nearby homes, such as thermostats, remote light dimmers, switches and energy meters will have been affected.
An engineer was today investigating the interference after the group reported their findings to communications watchdog, Ofcom.
A spokesperson for the Army, which operates Waterbeach Barracks, said: ‘We are not aware of anything happening at Waterbeach that would have caused anything remotely like that.’
This is the first time an English village has experienced mysterious electronics failures.
Last month residents of Kingsclere in Hampshire, near the world-famous Watership Down Hill, were baffled when their heating, showers, doorbells and car remote locks refused to work.
They spent much of the festive season without heating and lights after the failure of household systems that rely on digital technology, specifically radio-frequency identification (RFID).
Chris Smith, whose wife's birthday on Christmas Eve was ruined by the systems failure, spent more than £250 trying to fix the heating and shower but neither worked until late on December 27, according to the Newbury Weekly News.
He has speculated that secret experiments at the nearby Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston military base - which builds and maintains the warheads for the country’s nuclear Trident missiles - are responsible.
But a spokesman for Ofcom, which oversees radio communications, had a more mundane explanation.
He said: 'Often these problems can be caused by a video sender - that transmits a television signal to other sets in the house. They are not the source of all the problems but in a lot of cases interference is tracked down to those devices.’
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