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[N4ZR]

Good thing you didn't pick it up and talk into it  ;^)

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 10/16/2019 12:26 PM, Kevin Cozens wrote:
> On 2019-10-16 10:48 a.m., Joseph Shuman via Elecraft wrote:
>> ???Ham Radios, Shortwave Radios or Satellite Radios (portable or
>> standalone) may not be brought on board as they pose a risk of
>> interfering with onboard navigational equipment.???
>
> That sounds like they don't know much about the difference between 
> receiving only radios and ones that can also transmit. For a shortwave 
> radio to cause a problem for the onboard nav equipment there would 
> have to be something very wrong with either the shortwave radio or the 
> navigation equipment.
>
> Perhaps it is partly post-911 paranoia. The first time I went on a 
> cruise (several decades ago now), I took my Sony ICF 2010 shortwave 
> radio on its first vacation. In fact, I bought the radio not long 
> before I was to go on the cruise for that very purpose. It never 
> occurred to me to ask if it was ok to use onboard. I used it out in 
> the open with the whip extended and no one ever said anything about it.
>