Sefty Cell

Any tried the Safety Cell system that allows you to use your cell phone with
your aviation headset?

http://store.yahoo.com/pilotsupport/index.html

Yes. I got the amplified model with battery - and I have Verizon
service. At 2000+ AGL your call may not get through even with a good
signal - esp near populated areas. In remote areas you have a better
chance.

Did the FCC relax their rules about using cel phones in aircraft or was that
a crock? I talked to a guy that related a first hand account of a person
getting a $250 fine for calling his wife from his plane. I know a pilot who
uses his cel phone thru his headset but he had to buy a new headset
(Lightspeed I think). He hasn't had any legal hassles so...........

jim

Clear as mud

Something to consider is there are a lot of call/PCS/whatever you want
to call them phones out there that can use all three modes: AMPS,
~900MHz digital (PCS), and 1800MHz digital. Most people don't
understand the difference, let alone what the "A" or "D" indicators on
their phone mean.

Something else to consider, some handsets inadvertently radiate
off-frequency.

The last thing to consider, can a 0.6W (or less) transmission, coming
from within the fuselage, on its intended or unintended frequency (or a
harmonic), realistically interfere with UHF/SHF band avionics
(transponder/TCAS, GPS come to mind)? Pretty unlikely.

That was a mouthful.

I always turn off my phone on airliners, but usually forget and leave it
on when I'm flying light aircraft. Flying over BFE for more than a few
hours usually kills the battery anyway.

The airlines are moving towards allowing people to use wireless phones
and Blackberrys in flight.

"Richard Riley" wrote

If you can disable it or if it doesn't have an analog mode,
congratulations, you can use it in your airplane.

Really? I thought that there were still frequencies that used digital, that
were not PCS, and therefore not legal to use in the air.

True, or not?

I had not seen anyone mention that PCS usually does not work above a couple
thousand feet, due to how the transmitter antennae were oriented. Is that
correct, or a myth?
--
Jim in NC