Hi Guys,
I have just been on holiday
and flew with Thomson in a Boeing 767.
As I have a radio scanner, I thought it would be a good idea to take in onboard and attempt to track the comms en-route to the destination airport.
Tuned into Gatwick Ground and identified our Flight number etc., I sat ready to go. The standard flight information safety video came on and I noticed one of the things you cannot use on board at anytime during the flight is a radio.
I am not a radio expert, but I thought a radio receiver received the signal, demodulated it and sent it to the speaker. I assume the demodulator causes some kind of field which can disrupt a/c systems which is protected on the cockpit radios? or it is something else?
Is this the same for all airlines?
Cheers
Ad.