Unofficial Reply to Legality of wireless headphones in VEX Competitons

[Highwayman]

Hello, VEX community. This is my first post, so i’m sorry if I missed any rules or if i’m posting in the wrong thread.

I have a question regarding the legality of wireless headsets usage during a competition. Looking forward to Worlds, our team is brainstorming ways to use wireless or bluetooth connections to communicate each other. From last year we learned that in large convention centres, it is a hassle to run back and forth to communicate with your team members. Therefore me and my teammates thought of using wireless headphones and microphones so that we can possibly communicate better during a competition.

I have not yet found any rules prohibiting this, mostly because i’m clueless as to where to look. However I have not seen any teams using this advantage either. Therefore I want to ask the community for opinions. Is this legal? If it is legal, for those teams that have tried this method, how well does it work?

Thanks in advance, Nitai, Team 472A

You posted in the official support forum where the community can’t respond. The regular skyrise subforum would probably be the best place for community input, and the official Q&A is where Karthik answers.

Karthik has said in the past that wireless communication like what you described is not legal during a match, so your drive team members can’t use it. However, I don’t think there are any restrictions on wireless communication in the rest of the expo center, and I know teams have used walkie-talkies at other events.

[Sir_Nitai]

Thank you for redirecting me.

[lacsap]

To add to the info - make sure your wireless communications do not interfere in any way with the 802.11 frequencies the robots use. Would be a shame to have robots stall because someone wanted tacos

[Inspector_Gadget]

To add to the info - make sure your wireless communications do not interfere in any way with the 802.11 frequencies the robots use. Would be a shame to have robots stall because someone wanted tacos

The New Vex Keys use 2.4 GHz RF, but the interference from those should be minimal.

I like tacos a lot though as long as they don’t interfere with my robot.