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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by gnaffle on Monday November 28, 2011 @08:29PM (#3288522)
It might be that he is referring to Doppler VOR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF_omnidirectional_range), although I'm not sure how this effects interference scenarios.
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Re:Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why by mikeash on Monday November 28, 2011 @10:05PM (#3288805)
Interference wouldn't alter the doppler effect, though, it would just very slightly change the frequency that would be interfered with.

In any case, I don't think any airliner flying today is relying on VOR.

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