On Wednesday 25 Jun 2008 18:40, Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote: > > I would be very scared if you were in flying in the > same plane as that of me ;). It generally is advised by the crew to > turn off electronic devices after the plane's doors are closed / > during take off / landing and communication devices are a strict > no-no throught out the flight. And even if it were allowed, it > would slightly difficult to mark way points from few thousand feet > ;)
That is a load of rubbish by the AHs who man these flights and make the rules. You would not have survived a plane with navigation equipment so poorly shielded against rfi. Every vsat terminal blasts several watts of rf in a tightly focussed beam. Your pissy phone can barely emit 1 watt and that too omni directional. Most other battery powered equipment cant even disturb the reception of an am reciever. And dont forget TV and FM stations - several Kilowatts for tv 15KW being the norm, 400W for FM. Next time you can give the airhostess a lesson in RF transmissions ;-) -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
