From kls Sat Sep 7 17:09:03 1996 Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: bounce-back From: w3ho@aol.com (W3HO) Subject: Re: Can't use GPS on Alaska Airlines Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM References: Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Reply-To: w3ho@aol.com (W3HO) Date: 07 Sep 96 17:09:03 Message-ID: Read RTCA DO-119 from 1963 for data concerning the FM radio interferring with an ILS Localizer receiver on a flight in England. CFIT resulted, rather than a mid-air. A follow-on study was documented in RTCA DO-199 in 1988. Also read the September 1996 issue of Spectrum, published by the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for an excellent summary of the work of RTCA Special Committee 177 (SC-177) concerning Portable Electronic Devices carried and used aboard aircraft. Folks, turn your darned stuff off during landings. This is especially true of your belt pagers and cell phones. They emit a lot! You might not care about the effects, but I may be on the same plane, and I DO CARE! I'm a mean old guy and may just turn it off for you. 73, Doug Hughes in Annapolis, RTCA SC-177 participant