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by langfo 1349 days ago
All it took was a work truck across the road from my house caused my WiFi, Zigbee alarm system to start sending "Jam Detected" notifications to my phone. I assumed his CB Radio was the cause.
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> I assumed his CB Radio was the cause.

Another possibility is that the employee might be running a jammer to reduce the effectiveness of any company tracking.

Really shouldn't be, CB is 27MHz and max of 4 watts. No radios should be on WiFi frequencies.
Yes, the legal max is 4 watts, but that is if you're 'running barefoot' as they say, or without amplification.

There are car RF amplifiers that can run into the hundreds of watts or more and they do cause significant interference across many frequencies. CB radio users using these amps can easily be heard on home stereo systems, and sometimes even toasters (as lore goes, from their common use in the 70s & 80s).