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You're aware of why the entire "turn off all electronics" rule first came about, right? It was because one particular company created an electronic item (I think it was a CD player) that wasn't FCC compliant, though it said it was, and took down the airplane through interference. Ever since then we've been following the rule.
What's interesting is that there was once a time many years ago I took my boombox onto the airplane. While in flight the flight attendant came up to my seat and asked if I had my radio turned on? I said no and she said "hmm, strange." Then she returned to the front. First off, my radio was in my bag so she couldn't have known I had one and second, how did she pinpoint the seat? Well, I checked my radio after she left and sure enough the radio was switched ON! Oops.
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