Just some food for thought..
in the Aug. 2002 Cessna Pilot's assn. mag.
There is an interesting article, here are some of the highlights-
it talks about just what you said. States the actual CFR text and then goes on...
"Has there ever been any enforcement of this?"
"I had our attorney who scecializes in enforcement action with the FCC do a search on any fine resulting from violation of 22.925. Guess what, none."
They then go on to talk about what is and isn't cellular service.
"So what exactly is and is not cellular service?"
"Sec. 22.905 channels for cellular service defines the frequencies for cellular as roughly 824-894 Mhz. Note that this defines cellular, not PCS or SMR (think nextel) or trunked (450Mhz) phones any of many other cellular type of service. Most folks walk around with dual band tri-mode phones and really don't know or care it they are actually using 'cellular' frequencies. IF YOU ARE USING NEXTEL, THERE IS NO DOUBT YOU ARE OK because they use SMR frequencies. And you are ok using PCS PCS services are in the 1.8 Ghz band and are not cellular."
there is a lot more to the article. I just thought I'd throw that out there as some food for thought......
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