The way they catch you at using a cell phone from a plane (and main
reason it is "illegal") is that cell phone
signals are line of sight and if you are high enough your signal will
be picked up by multiple towers. When
they see this they know you are too high. How high depends on
terrain, population/cell tower density, etc.
I was once billed for the same call twice because one of the towers
that picked up my call was out of my
service area so I got an additional charge (nationwide plan has taken
care of that....which also occurred
a couple of times when I called from my car).
I haven't seen any problem using my cell phone in central Kansas at
2,000 and below to call home or
answer a call from home.........yet.
Dan C
On Jun 25, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Ed Burkhead wrote:
Bart wrote:
> How about if I drop down to 50 ft and slow to 60 mph. They say an
> Ercoupe "drives like a car" so who would know the difference?
If you're talking about using a cell phone from the plane, I'd
guess 500'
would be low enough. That's what I figured I'd do if I ever needed to.
Ed
