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Article #202Re: Cellphone Transmitter Safety [was NEW ZEALAND CELL-SITE LOCATIONS
From: Matthew McDonald
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 00:00
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Russell Whitworth <RSW@anchorag.dem0n.co.uk> wrote: >In article <340a369c.1768073@news.sv.net.au>, Matthew McDonald ><firstnamehere@sv.net.au> writes >>It's to stop interference with sensitive navigation equipment AND to make >>people use the Airlines AirPhone at $$$$$ a minute. > >I am aware of one flight where the captain specifically asked "will the >passenger who has left his GSM phone turned on please turn it off". >Pretty good anecdotal evidence that it *can* interfere with their >communications, I would say. Perhaps with the advents of glass cockpits this will be alleviated and better shielding would not hurt as well. What if a team of terrorists got on board a plane and threatened to turn on their GSM mobiles and make calls unless the pilot flew to Russia or something?? I wonder what would happen here :) No need to smuggle bombs on board. Particularly with fly by wire systems in place! Regards Matthew -- ______________________________________________________________ Matthew McDonald GPO Box 2427, Brisbane, Qld 4001 Add matthew to the email address to respond. GSMonline GSM Page: http://www.starvision.net/gsm/ PiazzaWORLD: http://www.starvision.net/matthew/piazza/ Home of the GSM FAQ and Isuzu FAQ ____________________________
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10db0e,1911de612f06767f X-Google-Attributes: gid10db0e,public X-Google-Thread: fc9bd,1d9a09d5c7e552ed X-Google-Attributes: gidfc9bd,public From: firstnamehere@sv.net.au (Matthew McDonald) Subject: Re: Cellphone Transmitter Safety [was NEW ZEALAND CELL-SITE LOCATIONS Date: 1997/08/29 Message-ID: <34079860.1280404@news.sv.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 268953496 References: <33EF40CB.6E22@sympatico.ca> <33f1040a.532021@news.btinternet.com> <33f1ef15.253725213@news.demon.co.uk> <33f43b2f.0@194.176.131.18> <33FC0F31.794BDF32@nospam.guildford.ericsson.se> <33fc3a6d.0@194.176.131.18> <01bcae7c$a3becee0$0a950ccb@default> <340498eb.8130213@news.sv.net.au> <rIj$FTAmQBA0UwcZ@candyman.demon.co.uk> <34021737.35807046@news.sv.net.au> <slrn602lkm.1q4.pteknik@djd.ftech.co.uk> <340a369c.1768073@news.sv.net.au> <f6H0lAAiYoB0Iw4v@anchorag.demon.co.uk> Organization: GSMonline Reply-To: firstnamehere@sv.net.au Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile,aus.comms