Thinking of getting a small rubber plug that hides an AirTag in the front fork of a mountain bike. so it's surrounded, except at bottom by metal. Some say effectiveness reduced by Faraday cage effect. Some others say, yes, but it's slight. Don't know much about Faraday cage and bluetooth.
Any thoughts, info out there? Thanks.
iPhone 13 Mini
Bluetooth, which as you know the AirTags uses, operates in the same radio frequency range as Wi-Fi. It would be similar to you placing your home's wireless router inside a metal tube. This would significantly reduce the radio waves from transitioning through the metal ... effectively reducing Bluetooth's limited range even more.
A few other things to consider:
Bluetooth, which as you know the AirTags uses, operates in the same radio frequency range as Wi-Fi. It would be similar to you placing your home's wireless router inside a metal tube. This would significantly reduce the radio waves from transitioning through the metal ... effectively reducing Bluetooth's limited range even more.
A few other things to consider:
ArmandoWyo wrote:
actually I plan to disable the audible alarm.
There's no way to disable the alarm without physically disassembling the AirTag itself ... not something that is recommended nor advisable to do.
If you goal is for anti-theft purposes, you should look for other solutions ... but it is certainly your call. Good luck!
I think it's quite likely that there will be interference. How much, I don't know. You may need to actually try it and see.
Hello ArmandoWyo,
Thank you for your interesting message.
A little
We looked it up.
=Quote below=
“The Faraday effect is caused by left and right circularly polarized waves propagating at slightly different speeds, a property known as circular birefringence. Since a linear polarization can be decomposed into the superposition of two equal-amplitude circularly polarized components of opposite handedness and different phase, the effect of a relative phase shift, induced by the Faraday effect, is to rotate the orientation of a wave's linear polarization.”
=That said, =
Please look forward to the future information.
Thank you for your continued information.
Regards,
actually I plan to disable the audible alarm. old men don't worry about stalkers.
The AirTag will also work for stolen objects. Why does Apple keep repeating almost by rote," which [AirTa] is definitely not designed for."
But thanks, you answered question on Faraday cage. The hiding place is actually easy to get to, simply pry out rubber plug. but limiting its range is counterproductive. Thanks.
ArmandoWyo wrote:
Why does Apple keep repeating almost by rote," which [AirTa] is definitely not designed for."
Tesserax doesn't work for Apple. This is a user-to-user forum. And, they are correct. It's not what Apple designed the AirTag for. I think it's fair to point out that it's not optimized for that. But, neither Apple nor anyone in this forum is going to stop you from using it for that if it's what you want to do.
I am also not sure you can turn the sound off.
Very good points, Tesserax!
Thank you Faraday cage.
Good luck.
Doesn't it break if you pry it open?
What is the administrator's permission?
Is Airtag effective if hidden in metal, aluminum bike frame?
