Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bu.edu!telecom-request From: !carroll@ssc-vax.uucp (Jeff Carroll) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Airphones and Receiving Calls Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 91 19:43:05 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: Jeff Carroll Organization: Boeing Aerospace & Electronics Lines: 27 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 149, Message 6 of 10 In article henderson@esvax.hamavnet.com (Javier Henderson - TMS Group) writes: > 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? No. In fact, neither are laptop computers or pocket calculators. Why they allow people to wear digital watches is beyond me :^). On a recent flight on Eastern Airlines (well, OK, not all that recent), I held my AM/FM Walkman about six inches from the LED display on the passenger service unit in my seat (the plane, I believe, was an Airbus A310). The noise floor of the receiver was raised by at least 10 dB (judging with my well-trained ear). Moral of the story: Protect yourself from exposure to dangerous electromagnetic radiation and self-jamming aircraft. Fly only on American-made planes :^) Claimer: my employer would probably agree with the preceding sentiment. Jeff Carroll carroll@ssc-vax.boeing.com