On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 09:29:35PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > 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). > This is common. The problem is that while FCC requirements are quite high, manufacturing standards are not, causing an awful lot of equipment out there to create interference.
Jay Treacy
