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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:12:21 -0500
From: Jeff Cook <jcook@his.com>
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"M.Cole" wrote:
> Why would the airline have a problem with a device that only recieves
> emissions.
> The signals will be there if you have the device or not. I'm lost on htis
> one.


All electrical devices emit (=transmit) some kind of signal. They try to
minimize this (read the FCC notice in the manual), but it's always there
to some degree. Your computer right this second is emitting signals tha
interfere with some radio frequencies. Is a commercial airliner with 400
people on board a good place to take your chances?

-- 
Jeff Cook
jcook@his.com
Washington DC area
