It was always red tape related. Newer airplane designs, and electronic component upgrades, likely got tested with emissions from the relevant frequency bands.
I used to get permission from the pilot to use my ham handi talkie from the plane at altitude.. was awesome getting into repeaters and 146.52 simplex..
No latency, but of course I was out of range fast. bit of a challenge knowing where you were with accuracy, my single channel Magellan gps didn't do well... that and a repeater book made it fun..
Other passengers would ask questions to stewardesses being nosey, got a kick out of that.
It's all fun and games until their navigation system pairs with your Bluetooth and they lose attitude control.
Can't stop the signal, Mal.
Keep putting your phone on airplane mode then
I'll be tapping that flappy bird until we arrive at the moon.
Another great post from Steve Kirsch x.com/@stkirsch
More to the point: here is a great example of how the government errors on the side of "FEAR!!!!!" to keep the herd in control.
#nofear
It was always red tape related. Newer airplane designs, and electronic component upgrades, likely got tested with emissions from the relevant frequency bands.
This is the correct answer.
They're avoiding that awkward question in the future: "Hey, isn't my implant going to affect the avionics on this plane? How do I turn it off?"
Good observation
I used to get permission from the pilot to use my ham handi talkie from the plane at altitude.. was awesome getting into repeaters and 146.52 simplex..
9/11 changed that, pilots got pussified
that sounds cool. what sort of reception/transmission nuances did you find? and latency with repeaters?
No latency, but of course I was out of range fast. bit of a challenge knowing where you were with accuracy, my single channel Magellan gps didn't do well... that and a repeater book made it fun..
Other passengers would ask questions to stewardesses being nosey, got a kick out of that.