On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:55 AM, Tom Van Baak <[email protected]> wrote:
> > But last week I flew the new composite Boeing 787 Dreamliner and noticed > something quite different. From the second I entered the plane, I lost both > cell and GPS reception. It didn't matter how close I was to a window or > not. I bet this is nothing to do with carbon fiber vs. aluminum skin. Both would have to be conductive. I bet it's the metal film on the windows. The metal skin of the older planes would have been a perfect shield but the windows let the signals in. But on the new plane the windows have a conductive metal film. So I bet the difference is entirely because of the change in window design. Even in buildings some "energy saving" windows have coatings that are conductive and don't allow GPS to pass. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
