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Ask HN: Does your microwave interfere with Bluetooth? Mine does

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Re: Ask HN: Does your microwave interfere with Bluetooth? Mine does

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Office microwaves (assuming it's not just a retail one that happens to be in an office) can be overpowered. Think the last one I was near was a 2.5kW unit.

Good lord, who uses that much power in a microwave? 600W are enough. (Clearly, the idiots microwaving fish in them. In one office I know they put a sticker with a crossed-through fish symbol after one particularly pungent incident)

Uhm. Have you seen https://www.miele.com/brand/de/revolutionary-excellence-3868... ? (scroll down a little bit, until the fish in ice block appeaers)

Just about 10kEUR :-)

I think that's the solid state microwave emitters arranged in a phased array finally making their entry into the mass market.

Re: Ask HN: Does your microwave interfere with Bluetooth? Mine does

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My neighbors have something crazy emanating from their house. None of my Bluetooth devices, from Bose to Plantronic to new AirPods Pro, survive signal connectivity when I walk past their house. The connection gets very disrupted and the devices have trouble reconnecting. So I have to leave everything off when I go for a run and not connect headphones until I make it to the end of the street. It’s weird.

Sounds like they have something pretty powerful swamping out that band. Even though the ISM (2.4 GHz) band is unlicensed, there are still regulatory limits to the maximum emission levels. Devices that exceed those levels are illegal to use. The FCC can apply hefty fines in certain cases. Fun story, I used to live in an apartment building and my car key fob wouldn't work when I parked close to the building. It would w…

Can you recommend gear for this? I also have a major interference issue on my street and I'd like to locate maybe vendors by MAC or some information about what's causing spectrum issues.
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