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Originally Posted by someone  I've worn my CGMS on a number of flights. I keep it in my pocket so there's really no way anyone is going to know. Are they seriously going to tell me that an 8 mhz (or something like that) transmitter is going to interfere with the airplane's communication? That is unbelievable and ridiculous.
Dewey, you might update your original post because the Animas software has been approved. I just called today and according to the person on the phone, they are shipping software to everyone who has purchased or upgraded to the 2020 in the order the orders for the pumps were placed. |
The problem with RF devices is called intermodal interference or as hams call it ...intermod.
It is not the radios the are particularly worried about, it is the navigation equipment. Most airliners use GPS now a days and the signal from the satellite is not all that strong, wouldn't take much to cause significant interference. Imagine, flying from San Francisco to Tokyo and going a tad too close to North Korea. A degree or two difference in heading could cause disaster. Or flying the crowded skies in the US and being a degree or two off course and shaking hands with the plane headed in the other direction. If you know a ham operator, ask them to show you an example of intermod......lots of it on the ground, cell phones, pagers, business radios just about any other source you can think of. Oh, those nice big plasma TV...whew do they put out a bunch of intermod!!!!
