On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 01:39:41AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 04:26:27PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > Also use of computer in planes is discouraged and prohibited during landfall > > and takeoff, as it interfer with the onboard radio equipement ... > > This is a fiction perpetrated by flight attendants because many of them are > too dumb to tell the difference between electronic devices that may > generate significant EMF at 108MHz or a little above and ones that don't. > > Hint: if it's got an FCC sticker on it, it's okay. The FCC is so Well, this is completely off-topic, but I wouldn't be so sure. I have plenty of electronic equipment here which generates an awful lot of interference to my sensitive radio receivers. Switch-mode power supplies in particular (although passengers won't be using those on the plane). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB (ex-VK3TYD). CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.
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