RE: [amsat-bb] Airline Carryon

["Tony Langdon (ATC)" <tlangdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The aircraft is aluminum, it is large and the receiver 
> antenna is not in 
> side the cabin. Most L.O. are on the low side causing 
> interference to the 
> marker beacon receiver 75 MHz. Nothing should be operated 
> during takeoff and 
> landing. GPS is now being tested for the automated  landing 
> system. VOR and 
> Marker beacons will soon be a thing of the past and with 
> satellite radio FM 
> broadcasts may also be.

Hmm, most radios sold here use high side injection (or at least used to).
As a kid, I used to play around with listening to the LO of another FM
receiver (tuned to the bottom half of the band, of course!).
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