Then there are some lap tops that emit more RF then others, and it is
hardto tell what one will do in comparison to another.  I would assume
that a palm pilot will emit RF, but I don't know how much.  Other dtings
we use like talking calculators and language masters will emit RF as well
and we can use those on plains.





On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Butch Bussen wrote:

> I'm not at all saying we should use a talkie, but I do marvel at the fact
> they permit use of a laptop.  Every computer i've owned generates rf noise
> to the point the fm broadcast band is almost unuseable.  Anything with a
> microprocessor can generate a lot of noise.  Remember the old t r s
> 80s.   One of the best signal generaters around, as long as you wanted to
> cover the whole spectrum...  I was kidding a radio shack owner once and
> clled them trash 80s, and he just laughed and said he called them cash
> 80s.
> I read once of a case where a passenger used a cd walkman and when he
> changed tracks the thing generated some rf signal that caused the flaps to
> lower.
>
> 73s
> Butch      WA0VJR
>