i no that when we flew they just told us to put all electronics doin take off and landing.the rest of the time we cud use them doin flight.

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On 1/15/02 at 2:14 PM Steve wrote:

>The other thing to bear in mind is that the airphones are specifically
>designed for use in aircraft.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 5:06 PM
>Subject: Re: using 2-meters a board an air craft
>
>
>Well, the phones on plains are close to but not on the same freqs as
>cellular, and like I said before with cellular your phone will roam all
>over the place at 20000 feet if it can with 1000 feet in a sky
>scraper.  Also, the airline cell phones are also digital, but I'm not sure
>on the modulation.
>
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Walt Smith wrote:
>
>> That's always been the rule.  They're much more stringent during takeoffs
>> and landings than while in routine flight.  It's only a guess, but I think
>> this is because the spacing of planes is much more critical at these
>times,
>> so there isn't as much time to ask for a retransmission of a radio contact
>> between ground and plane if one is garbled by on-board consumer electronic
>> gear.
>>
>> BTW, as a matter of general information, the telephones that are used in
>> commercial aircraft (the ones you put your credit card in) aren't
>"standard"
>> cell phones, or so I've been told.  They use different frequencies and the
>> system has been specifically designed not to conflict with avionics.  The
>> statement that it's only a money issue simply isn't the case ... you're
>not
>> forbidden to use your cell phone merely because they want the money from
>use
>> of the installed system; the two systems aren't the same and the one has
>> been designed specifically for use in commercial aircraft.
>>
>> --
>>  Walt Smith - Raleigh, NC
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