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"Joel Kolstad" wrote in message ... "Dave VanHorn" wrote in message ... The other devices may have circuits that incidentally radiate a little noise in the aircraft VHF band. A broadcast FM receiver almost certainly has an oscillator running by design, in the band. Where it lands in the aircraft band, is determined by where it's tuned to. Ah... you're thinking... FM broadcast range is 88-108MHz... with a 10.7MHz IF... a high side LO is at ~98-118MHz, easily landing within the aircraft band (which is... 108-??? MHz, right?). The original poster is long gone -- refused any info and advice we gave him including a list of airlines that prohibit AM/FM radios and other devices And the FAA stance on the matter Must have been 50+ responses So I guess we can put this to bed -- Caveat Lector |
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If you stretch a string on a globe from London to Florida, it will show the 'great circle' route that's the shortest, and that should be your plane's path, barring storme, hurricanes, etc. You'll see that it comes really close to the eastern Canadian provinces. In fact the Avalon Peninsuala in the most eastern part of the island portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is a 'Way Point' for many transatlantic flights headed to/from Europe. Clear days Transatlantic flight con-trails, at 30,000 feet etc. can be seen almost continuously. That is why so many of the flights that were prevented from entering US air space 9/11 had to land in eastern Canada. Many US/Canada friendships were founded between grounded travellers that day and eastern and western Canadians who voluntarily accommodated them during the delay. Cape Spear near St John's is the most easterly point in North America. Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless telegraph signal near St John's in Dec. 1901. French is one of the 'Official Languages' in Canada. A significant percentage of the population, mainly in Quebec, New Brunswick, but also elsewhere in Canada, is French speaking. Many/most are bilingual. Same way Spanish is significant in the USA? The word 'Cajun' in southern US comes from the French word "Acadian"; originally inhabitants of Acadia or what is now the eastern Canadian Province of Nova Scotia. Terry. PS. Staff at the National Historic Park at Signal Hill, St. John's, which incorporates the memorial and events which celebrate Marconi's first wireless telegraph reception say that visitors unaware of the approximately 1800 miles across the Atlantic, (4.3 hours by jet to London-Heathrow) will sometimes ask "Can you see across to England/Ireland etc.". The answer is; "No, but sometimes you can see "Whales"! :-) And sometimes icebergs as well. |
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