Quite right Thomas, one of the few certainties in this life - apart from
death and taxes - is that we willconstantly be bombarded throughout our
lives, by bull**** from those who think they know better than us.
Witness this week the fiasco (in the UK at least), whereby we have been
advised for the past year or two to minimise the risk of mobile
(cellphone) radiation to the brain, by the use of an earpiece. Our
Consumers Association, having conducted tests, now advises that we face
being bombarded with three times (I think)_more_radiation using an
earpiece, than by holding the mobile direct to the ear! And think
about all the conflicting stories on whether
butter/butter/fat/chocolate/ is bad - or good - for you. These
so-called 'experts' have a lot to answer for ... and if we could get
them to agree with each other before preaching to us, then we'd be a
whole lot better off.
Right, sermon over, got that off my chest. I'll just er... reach for my
coat ... and leave the room.
Lloyd Owens
----- Original Message -----
From: 113-23@auswaertiges-amt.de
Subject: re: Audio connections
understand it is illegal in most countries to operate a
mobile phone while in-flight. There are two possible reasons
given: (1) it could affect onboard-systems (2) the phone
reaches too many ground stations and causes a problem for
the cell-assignment.
Well.... as for (1) talk to the manifacturer of the plane
with its onboard systems. (yourself). I can tell you that
my instrument panel wasn't affected yet - I am not using
a MLS though... And the Transponder is blowing 200 Watt on
nearby frequencies without affecting the systems. And as
for (2) not my problem - or better - what happens if
I climb a hight mountain ? (we have mountains in Europa
that are higher than the Europa's Service Ceiling.)
Concluding it: if the FCC or other agency asks - I never
use it in-flight. And to call friends with my ETA - who
cares. Distraction is minimal. The workload is similar to
talking to ATC - just without the PTT-key.
Sincerely,
<Thomas Scherer, N81EU>
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