Re: GPS tracking device allowed in commercial flights?
From: Andreas van Hooijdonk (ahooijdZ_at_piZ.beZ)
Date: 08/10/04
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:49:20 +0200
Andreas van Hooijdonk wrote:
> Are GPS tracking devices allowed in, for instance, a golf travel bag?
> To be effective at arrival, the device must be ON during the flight.
> Even programmed for not sending the position at regular intervals,
> the cell phone part seeks contact with the network so now and then.
> If it gets no answer, it augment the transmitted power, and so till
> the max level is reached. This could be a danger for the flight. Or
> do the Alu luggage containers block enough of this energy?
The idea was not to track the golf sticks during the flight, but being
able to trace them, once arrived at the destination. As long as you did
not find them, you can not switch on the tracking device, so it must be
on from the departure. That's the problem.
-- Andreas
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