[32695] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Operations: where are you going to sit?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Radabaugh)
Wed Dec 6 23:55:39 2000
From: "Mark Radabaugh" <mark@amplex.net>
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 23:53:23 -0500
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> For what it is worth, I believe that the use of cellphones in airplanes
> is prohibited by the FCC, not by the FAA. That is, the use of cellphones
> in airplanes (in flight) adversely affects the cellphone system. A
> cellphone at a high altitude is visible in numerous cells, with conflicts
> with the assumption that a cellphone will be heard (more or less) only
> in one cell.
>
> Now, about the use of other radio receivers and transmitters in airplanes...
>
And for what it's worth -- they don't work above ~3000 feet. I assume this is
due to the design of the cell site antenna. Not that I ever tried it in a
private plane or anything...
Mark Radabaugh
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mark@amplex.net
