Taking hand-held transcivers on commercial airlines

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 at 08:19:45 in message
, Eric Stearns
wrote:
Keep in mind that all airlines explictly prohibit the use of any radio
receiver (yes, receiver) on board the airplane at any time...I believe
this is an FAA rule. This would prohibit the use of a VHF receiver or
a GPS anytime the airplane is in motion. As far as carrying them on,
that should be fine. -Eric

If that is true then they don't make it very clear. On four recent
flights that I was on, they made a big deal about cell phones not being
used at all, but said that 'other electronic equipment' could be used
after the signs were switched.

Most receivers have low power heterodyne signals but then all computers
contain high frequency oscillators.

Couple of years ago on a feeder airliner I sent my GPS unit up to the
cockpit as the in-flight attendant had no idea what it was. It came back
from the Captain saying I was welcome to use at long as the seat belt
sign was off. On the other hand her message said that she didn't think
it would work well where I was siting - under the wing! The Captain was
right.
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