Bluetooth devise and my cb

[SnowWalker]

I have asked a few radio gurus this; however the answers seem to be as varied as the wind. Maybe someone or others on this forum know a little about this more than those who I have asked.

With the burgeoning explosion of Bluetooth & WiFi devises, do these things effect CB radio signals? The reason I am asking, since we bought a Samsung smart TV and a few other gadgets, I seem to be getting more static than before and need to push my squelch up to near 50%. I have a 22' roof top antenna (tuned to 1.3 swr) hooked into a DX 959 Galaxy SSB radio that I use a mobile and base radio. I have a twelve volt wall plug in as a power supply. I also have blue tooth hearing aids, smart phone, Smart TV and several other do-dads that are blue tooth.

 

[jassing]

Bluetooth is on a totally different frequency... So any interference would be electrical (power supply) or unintended..
We have lots of Bluetooth devices, including a microphone without any problem... Can you try plugging the TV into a different circuit?

 

[poltergeisty]

It's not Bluetooth or WIFI. Those are in the 2.4 GHz band and CB is what? 11 meters at around 27 MHz. It's a power supply and other crap connected to mains power. That's the nature of AM.

 

[krokus]

I have asked a few radio gurus this; however the answers seem to be as varied as the wind. Maybe someone or others on this forum know a little about this more than those who I have asked.

With the burgeoning explosion of Bluetooth & WiFi devises, do these things effect CB radio signals? The reason I am asking, since we bought a Samsung smart TV and a few other gadgets, I seem to be getting more static than before and need to push my squelch up to near 50%. I have a 22' roof top antenna (tuned to 1.3 swr) hooked into a DX 959 Galaxy SSB radio that I use a mobile and base radio. I have a twelve volt wall plug in as a power supply. I also have blue tooth hearing aids, smart phone, Smart TV and several other do-dads that are blue tooth.

Plasma TVs are notorious for generating RF noise, as are LEDs.

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[poltergeisty]

BTW- Those so-called "smart TVs" can be easily hacked. Just like all of that other IoT (Internet of Things) junk. Simply because the manufactures could care less about security. It'll take an act of Congress to change things. Especially with home routers where people don't stay abreast of router firmware, get hacked and wonder why their bandwidth sucks.

Anyway... had to throw that out there.

 

[Ravenkeeper]

I have asked a few radio gurus this; however the answers seem to be as varied as the wind. Maybe someone or others on this forum know a little about this more than those who I have asked.

With the burgeoning explosion of Bluetooth & WiFi devises, do these things effect CB radio signals? The reason I am asking, since we bought a Samsung smart TV and a few other gadgets, I seem to be getting more static than before and need to push my squelch up to near 50%. I have a 22' roof top antenna (tuned to 1.3 swr) hooked into a DX 959 Galaxy SSB radio that I use a mobile and base radio. I have a twelve volt wall plug in as a power supply. I also have blue tooth hearing aids, smart phone, Smart TV and several other do-dads that are blue tooth.

I noticed that I have had to set my squelch higher (lately) than I use to (years ago). I use to run with mine set at about "33%" (before I was assigned overseas), and after I finally got my radio/antenna setup (15 years after getting back to the states), I have to adjust my squelch to at least "50%." Even sitting out on top of one of the buttes (south of California City, CA), no utility poles, nothing around for MILES, I still had to adjust my squelch way up. One of my favorites is at 35°03'47.6"N 117°54'56.4"W.

Dare I run with the conspiracy theory, controversial answer of "climate change?" I'm not a subject matter expert in this field, just offering up my observation(s).

 

[KK4JUG]

Dare I run with the conspiracy theory, controversial answer of "climate change?" I'm not a subject matter expert in this field, just offering up my observation(s).

Yeah, the communists and anarchists are going to use CB to take over the world. I thought everyone knew that.

 

[SnowWalker]

Wow, who wudda thunk it.