Comments on: Jonathan’s WildSnow Beacon Test Notes

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:23:48 +0000

Just a quick comment to note that I’ve made some small revisions throughout, plus added another section for the new 5-25/5-20 Walk-the-Line Test.

By: Jonathan Shefftz

Jonathan Shefftz — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:23:05 +0000

I’ve deliberately shied away from reporting on a various combinations of consumer electronics and individual beacon models, since the number of combinations has no end in sight, and the results are potentially misleading.
Bottomline is that “smart” phones have some very scary potential interference problems, if you’re touring with your phone on, remember to keep lots of distance between phone and searching beacon.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:44:12 +0000

Interesting article. I guess you didn’t test other smartphones (android or blackberry) but assume results would be similar?

By: Jonathan Shefftz

Jonathan Shefftz — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:01:16 +0000

The iPhone was on, but not making a call.
Given that my electrical engineer friend thinks the interference has nothing do with the signal, and instead is related to the power step-down (apologies if I mangled the techno talk there), then I strongly suspect that the airplane mode would still produce the same interference.

By: Bruce Cheshire

Bruce Cheshire — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:38:14 +0000

Was the iPhone ‘on’ during your test? Did you happen to test it with the Airplane mode on?