Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!telecom-request From: henderson@esvax.hamavnet.com (Javier Henderson - TMS Group) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Airphones and Receiving Calls Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 91 15:02:50 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Avnet Computer - CTC Group; Culver City, CA Lines: 16 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 141, Message 1 of 12 In article , lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes: > opposite direction, that's why they make SkyPager: an alphanumeric > pager that works all over the country, including in planes. As I recall from reading the in-flight magazine provided by the airline, the use of any receiving or transmitting device in the airplane is not permitted (a stewardress once asked me to turn off my ham radio ht, even though I was just listening). Are skypagers exempted from this rule? Javier Henderson Engineering Services Avnet Computer Los Angeles, CA henderson@hamavnet.com {simpact,asylum,elroy,dhw68k}!hamavnet!henderson