If anyone really wants to dig into the causes of RF interference, here is a
fun read
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/usb3-frequency-interference-paper.pdf

The description of a "jerky mouse" is actually very common in technical
support. What the user perceives as intermittent drop outs are typically
the result of reduced range.

Without testing I can't say that this is the problem John is having but ...

It is *extremely* common. What happens is that a USB3 capable device (any
device) will introduce RF interference on the 2.4 and 2.5GHz bands. All
USB3 ports, cables, and devices are buzzing with this noise, proportional
to the amount of data being transferred over the connection.

So a mouse with a range of 10ft will often drop to half of that, or less,
when another USB device is in use. The "Jerky mouse" occurs when the
mousepad is sitting on the edge of this range. Move too far to the right...
disappears. Move to the left, it speeds up. as you wiggle your hand trying
to make it move, the mouse repeatedly disappears and re-appears to its
wireless controller.

You don't need to build a faraday cage because Intel already did, and the
results are (IMO) fascinating.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 6:01 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Oct 2018, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > I know that this comment is the essence of thread drift, but you need to
> > be careful with your titles. I've spent the evening being distracted of
> > thoughts of a mouse built out of thin sheets of dried, smoked beef.
>
>    And I -- briefly -- considered asking how mouse jerky compares with
> deer,
> elk, or cow jerky. :-)
>
> Rich
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