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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by CamperBob2 on Sunday September 09, 2012 @05:32AM (#4495404)
(Unless you are talking about incoming GPS satellite signal. In which case -- dah, they've been out there for the last 40 years, the planes farrady cage structure should have accommodated this long ago, and it can be solved with strategically placed tin foil on the offending openings)

Interesting bit of trivia: the energy received from a GPS satellite is said to be roughly equivalent to a 40-watt light bulb on the other side of the continental US.

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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by tesseract on Sunday September 09, 2012 @06:58AM (#4495520)
In fact the GPS signal at a typical receiver is actually 100x (or more) quieter than the noise floor in its band.
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