I am *NOT* advocating that we allow cell phones or pagers to
be turned on during any part of any flight – however, does anyone
know of any documented avionics (flight radio and navigation)
problems caused by personal transmitters in the cabin?
Anbody know how "Myth Busters" debunked
this without themselves violating some
airline’s policies?

By the way, general aviation pilots routinely
carry cell phones AND USE THEM from
the air. Granted, their avionics is usually
pretty unsophisticated compared to
commercial airlines.

The only avionics that I know of that would
care would be ADF’s (which get directional
information from any modulated signal).

NOBODY uses ADFs any more. It would
be like trying to use a sextant for
positional information on the ocean.
If you were using it, you’d be trying to
prove something to somebody – not for
the accuracy of its information.

It is easy to notice people talking or their phones. Not just talking on cell phones can cause accidents. Can see people fumbling for a Cd’s or turn the radio also attending to their little ones could cause an accident.

Ever experience that weird noise coming through your car speakers right before your cell phone is going to ring? (your cell phone needs to be resting close to the radio console) What causes that?

Also, I sleep with my cell phone right above my head, and I’ve noticed that I always wake up seconds before my phone rings. This happens to me constantly and at all different times. Do cell phones trasmit some kind of radiation or electromagnetic waves just before a call comes through and is that what’s waking me? Is it normal for "it" to be causing me to wake like that?