04-11-13, 03:53 PM
(04-11-13, 03:46 PM)richfzs link Wrote: [quote author=ChristoT link=topic=10588.msg111349#msg111349 date=1383570074]
I was listening to music on my phone on my flight back from the Canaries, and no-one batted an eyelid. To be fair, the use of phones on aircraft thing has been tested repeatedly - the phones that might possibly intefere with aircraft telecommunications (NOTE: Not controls, as the myths state) are Satphones. "Normal" phones on cellular networks transmit on an entirely different frequency set.
Dunno what testing you're referring to, but a friend of mine, who is currently a captain with jet2 (and previously with easyJet, bmi etc) says they know when a mobile is being used in the aircraft, as they get interference through their communities, similar to what you sometimes get through a car radio (or our conference phones at work!) when the mobile is close to it.
Nowt dangerous, no issue with controls, just inconvenient, but mobiles DO affect him!
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Huh.
I'm not saying you're wrong (or your friend is), but due to the difference in frequency (which is quite high, might I add), inteference should be impossible. ATC use frequencies of the order of 100MHz, phone frequencies (at the lower end) start at 800MHz.
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