car alarm

[joeystuds]

can anybody tell me why a remote car alarm key fob, will work nearly double the distance, if you put the key fob to your head an press the button ?

[heathfield]

You don't have to put the key to your head. Just ensure that any part of you is in contact with the metal of the key. That way, instead of that little bit of metal being the aerial for the radio transmission from the key, your whole body is acting as the aerial and thus increasing the level of the transmitted signal.

[carlton23]

Someone has been watching Jeremy Clarkeson on `Top Gear`.