posted 16th October 2003 13:04 ___ _ _ __ _
Blinkz
says...
"mobile phones don't work above a cpl of thousand feet so they might as well be off"
So no one in the Alps or any mountain area can use mobile phones? Don't think you are quite correct there. Didn't realise a mobile phone has a built in altimeter cut-off switch! Or an earth proximity switch!
The power transmitted is so low that I would be surprised if any transponder belting out around 250 watts or any aircraft electronic equipment would be affected.
Another urban myth maybe.
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