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Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

I can cite this.

In St. Louis the FRC field next to the FTC fields had to shut down all wifi AND bluetooth devices because they were causing major problems with connection. At FTC competitions we require all forms of transmission from devices to be turned off, and request all phones be put in airplane mode. At the Florida FTC Championship, we had to delay the finals match because a handheld gaming system was causing interference.

The result, the field crew now has scanners, and volunteers are sent into the stands to locate where there interference is coming from, and request the device be turned off. If the interference comes from and the stands of FRC field, they must comply too.

I was one of the volunteers who circled the dome searching for the source of the interference. We were scanning for WiFi hotspots, not bluetooth.
There may have been a cautious reaction on the part of the field personnel to add Bluetooth to list of shutdown requests in the vicinity of the FTC fields.

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

That's unfortunate. So teams going to champs need to read the FLL and FTC rulebook as well? That's a mess.

This, and all the spectators and employees of the venues at all competitions.
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