Nerfherder
Honorary Master
I have a Jabra Elite active 45e headset that I use for pretty much all the time for work and play. Its got great quality and range but I have noticed this odd quirk that has me perplexed.
I take my dog for a walk in this park down the road, it runs along a main road and on one side there are houses and the other side the main road and then a small business park.
I don't usually take the headphones but recently I have been bored and wanted an audiobook to listen. In the middle of the park the headset cut out for a few seconds and then came back, it didn't fully disconnect (I get an alert when that happens) but I miss a bit of what is being said. I wasn't too bothered as this can also happen if I walk out the room at home and stray too far from my phone/laptop.
Then I tried it again a few days later and it happened again, then I realised that it was more or less on the same spot. I tried it again and can pretty much replicate it every time, when I go past this one black house the connection from the headphones to my phone will dip and I will lose audio.
The spot in the park is more than 20m from the house and probably 50m from the office park on the other side but there seems to be an invisible line of disruption cutting through that point. I had a look and I can't see any directional antennae or such that might cause such a problem. Also, i'm at ground level so doubt that some kind of point to point connection would be aimed at were I was walking, line of sight would be 2 stories up.
Could this be a WIFI signal ? Surely its not right that it would be strong enough to interfere with my bluetooth headphones ? Perhaps its some kind of microwave link ? If so its possible that one of the houses has a connection between the office park across the road and themselves. I doubt whatever they are using is legal because if there was a house between them anything bluetooth and perhaps WIFI would be unusable.
I take my dog for a walk in this park down the road, it runs along a main road and on one side there are houses and the other side the main road and then a small business park.
I don't usually take the headphones but recently I have been bored and wanted an audiobook to listen. In the middle of the park the headset cut out for a few seconds and then came back, it didn't fully disconnect (I get an alert when that happens) but I miss a bit of what is being said. I wasn't too bothered as this can also happen if I walk out the room at home and stray too far from my phone/laptop.
Then I tried it again a few days later and it happened again, then I realised that it was more or less on the same spot. I tried it again and can pretty much replicate it every time, when I go past this one black house the connection from the headphones to my phone will dip and I will lose audio.
The spot in the park is more than 20m from the house and probably 50m from the office park on the other side but there seems to be an invisible line of disruption cutting through that point. I had a look and I can't see any directional antennae or such that might cause such a problem. Also, i'm at ground level so doubt that some kind of point to point connection would be aimed at were I was walking, line of sight would be 2 stories up.
Could this be a WIFI signal ? Surely its not right that it would be strong enough to interfere with my bluetooth headphones ? Perhaps its some kind of microwave link ? If so its possible that one of the houses has a connection between the office park across the road and themselves. I doubt whatever they are using is legal because if there was a house between them anything bluetooth and perhaps WIFI would be unusable.