Why am I not allowed to use my cell phone in airplanes or hospitals?
Most of us experience electromagnetic interference on a fairly regular basis. For example: • If I put my cell phone down on my desk near the computer, I can hear loud static in my computer’s speakers every time the phone and the tower handshake. In the same way, my car’s tape player produces loud static whenever I make a call on my cell phone. • When I dial a number on my home’s wireless phone, I can hear the number being dialed through the baby monitor. • It is not uncommon for a truck to go by and have its CB radio overwhelm the FM station I am listening to. • Most of us have come across motors that cause
Most of us experience electromagnetic interference on a fairly regular basis. For example: • If I put my cell phone down on my desk near the computer, I can hear loud static in my computer’s speakers every time the phone and the tower handshake. In the same way, my car’s tape player produces loud static whenever I make a call on my cell phone. • When I dial a number on my home’s wireless phone, I can hear the number being dialed through the baby monitor. • It is not uncommon for a truck to go by and have its CB radio overwhelm the FM station I am listening to. • Most of us have come across motors that cause
