Dave S wrote:

And.. to address legalities.. I've been told the letter of the law
applies to airborne use of ANALOG cellular phones? Does anyone know
specific chapter and verse of the FCC regs that spell this out, and does
it INCLUDE or EXCLUDE digital/later generation phones such as PCS which
do not confuse/saturate the cell towers when they are used up at altitude

Here's details on the reg.

http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/cel.../aircraft.html

and here's info on what's a cell phone.

http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/cellular

Note the "band" information in the table on the right. If a phone does not use these
frequencies, it's not a cell phone.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.