[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #632 - 27 msgs

[Don Perley]

The applicable rule on cell phones comes from the FCC, not the FAA.  If 
you use (make a call, not just turned on) a cell phone at altitude, you 
will tie up that channel in every cell for hundreds of miles.  

As to electronic devices interfering with avionics, there was an article 
in IEEE Spectrum in, I think, 1996 on the subject.  It cited an instance 
of an FM receiver (passenger listening to football game) throwing one of 
the instruments off by some signficant amount.  Confirmed by switching 
the radio on and off a few times, and watching the needle swing back and 
forth in synch.

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>>several using cellular phones, when it is 'airline' policy that NO 
>>cellular devices are to be utilized once you enter the cabin (FAA 
>>regulations.) 
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