[geeks] gps on plane

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 vance at neurotica.com wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:
>
> > > > Am I being stupid here, or does anyone agree that allowing fm radio
> > > > receivers but not allowing gps receivers is a bit illogical?
> >
> > Huh? a personal radio receiver operates on a FM/AM band... a GPS
> > receiver operates at different bands, hence the potential for
> > interference is far less isolated. I believe it is a good policy to have
> > as few "gadgets" floating around a plane as possile....
>
> But a GPS receiver shouldn't be transmitting, right?
>

IT is still an antenna, antennae can still produce interference even when
they are passive.