BlueSmirf Gold Range

Greetings,

I have the Bluesmirf Gold (Class 1) and verified with the model number, which is RN41/RM.

I have a good connection within 30feet, everything works fine.

This Bluesmirf is on the top of a quadcopter running a Naze32 flight controller board. Right now it is just out in the open.

Brushless motors and not running.

The Bluesmirf is powered with 5v. The receiver is disconnected (to eliminate that variable)

The Bluesmirf connection on both my laptop and Droid fail at 30ft(10m). I have issued the set command SY,0010 for maximum dB, even though that is the default.

The Bluesmirf Gold is acting more like a Class2 than Class1.

From the product listing, I should be getting connections well over 30 feet. Any hints to what I am missing would be greatly appreciated.

Well I have tried everything except the one item that could help me.

To say the least, I’m frustrated and disappointed.