I have an old Netgear WND router with the 5GHz radio DISABLED and the 2.4GHz broadcasting its SSID, which shows up along with a "Hidden Network". I have ONE neighbor that is about 50 yards away and I see his NETGEAR99 router with low signal occasionally.
Heres the really weird part (and I realize how it sounds) - if I power off my Netgear router, the Hidden Network signal goes from full strength to a single bar.