Well, they have RF emitting lap tops that they allow on the crafts, byou
never know.  What luck have the rest of you had with scanners though?  I
have had to hush hush about it, and keep it hidden, but I have managed to
listen at least and that is better then nothing.  One thing to try if you
are lucky enough to be near a sky scraper like the John Handcock Building
in Chicago is go to the top and try operating from there.  Using a
celphone I was able to contact and roam to digital and analogue sites at
the same time from the top.





On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Mike Freeman wrote:

> Hi!
>
> If you're flying on a commercial airliner, there's virutually no chance
> that you will be able to operate while in the air.  While the captain of
> the aircraft technically still has the ultimate right to decide what
> passengers can and cannot do aboard while in flight, the rules have been
> tightened up over the last thirty years so that the captain has very
> little leeway in terms of what sorts of RF emissions are allowed.  If
> you're flying using a private aircraft, if the pilot decides it's okay,
> you'll be able to operate.
>
> During the 1970's when rules were somewhat less strict than they are
> now, I took a Drake TR-22c (a six-channel, one-wat 2-meter FM
> transceiver) aboard a Continental flight from Denver to Portland.  I
> showed the stewardess how to operate the radio and asked her to take it
> up to the pilot, have him try it with his avionics and let me know if I
> could use it.  She did and there were no problems so I workd repeaters
> and simplex all the way -- it's wild to key up seven or eight repeaters
> at once from thirty-five thousand feet!
>
> But avionics have become more sensitive in the interim and the FAA rules
> are far stricter now.  Best to keep the HT in your luggage or in your
> handbag!
>
> 73 and have a fine trip!
>
> Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
> Amateur Radio: K 7 U I J
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 4:45 PM
> Subject: using 2-meters a board an air craft
>
>
> > Hi everyone, I will be going from Michigan to Florida at the end of
> the
> > month for a little escape from Michigan's winters and I will be flying
> > down, and  I plan on bringing my ham gear as well as scanner gear and
> I
> > know that you can't operate a board an air  craft unless you have the
> pilot's
> >   permission.  I am just wondering what luck the rest of you have had
> with
> > getting   permission to operate?  I';m just planning on taking my HT
> which is
> > all I have now in terms of ham gear, so it would be 2-meters and 440.
> Any
> > information would be appreciated, and  thanks in advance.
> >
> >
>