RE: EMC Test Labs - Austin

1999-07-16 Thread Mike Cantwell, PE
RheinTexas is an EMC test lab in Plano (just outside of Dallas) and is NVLAP accredited. We are located just a few blocks north of the Telecom corridor in Richardson. They can be reached at (972) 509-2566. Thanks, Mike Cantwell, PE -Original Message- From: POWELL, DOUG

Re: NSA

1999-07-16 Thread Dale Albright
Is the problem in Horizontal or Vertical? Is the site high or low? Where in the 1 to 4 meters is it maximum? What type of antennas are used? What does the graph look like from 35 to 60 MHz? What is the size of the turntable? (30 MHz is fairly large compared with most turntables). Can

RE: NSA

1999-07-16 Thread WOODS, RICHARD
We have a 10m site, but because of high ambients, we calibrate and test at 3m. So, we have a very large ground screen for a 3m site. When we place the transmitter on the table, we fail NSA. When we move the transmitter onto the ground screen we pass. We can place the transmitter to the side of

RE: French Customs demand EC Declaration!

1999-07-16 Thread Glyn Garside
For those of you whose product is machinery, Article 2 of the Machinery Directive http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/1998/en_398L0037.html contains the following: --- 3. At trade fairs, exhibitions, demonstrations, etc., Member States shall not prevent the showing of machinery or safety

RE: French Customs demand EC Declaration!

1999-07-16 Thread Scott Douglas
From the document Report of a meeting of the Standing Committee set up under Article 6.2 of the Directive 89/392/EEC dated 25-26 May, 10 June and 13 July 1994. The copy I have is marked DRAFT all over it so this may not be the official word. I quote: PQ.53 If a manufacturer installs

Product Safety Semantics

1999-07-16 Thread John Juhasz
Hi group. The subject here is regarding the words 'shall' vs. 'must' in various of product safety standards (including UL 1950 3rd Ed. and EN60950). Does anyone have any insight into the definitions of these as applicable to product safety? I have heard there are differences, but no one can seem

re: NSA

1999-07-16 Thread bma
Richard, Can you detail your procedure to the conclution: The problem appears to be the turn table ? Barry - Original Text From: WOODS, RICHARD wo...@sensormatic.com, on 7/16/99 12:28 PM: Argh! For the first time in five years, our NSA is out of spec on our 3 meter OATS at 30 MHz.

EN 54 Part 7

1999-07-16 Thread Kevin Harris
Hello, Is anybody out there in this list that sits on the working group involved in this spec? Do you know if there are any plans for updating it? My particular interest is the EMC portion. As components of fire and burglary systems are now covered by the family product EMC specification

RE: 50 ohm 75 ohm

1999-07-16 Thread Leslie Bai
Hi, all members, I just came back from a few days bussiness trip to somewhere isolated from this world and didn't anticipate huge amount of reply to my posted question on testing cable impedance. I do appreciate all your suggestions although I am going to try one or two approaches. Thanks

NSA

1999-07-16 Thread WOODS, RICHARD
Argh! For the first time in five years, our NSA is out of spec on our 3 meter OATS at 30 MHz. The problem appears to be the turn table. We can move the equipment off of the table to one side or toward the front and comply, so it does not appear to be an off site reflection problem. We have

RE: EMC Test Labs - Austin

1999-07-16 Thread MSundstrom
Yes we are NVLAP accredited! Michael Sundstrom KTL Dallas 802 N. Kealy St. Lewisville, TX 75057 voice 972.436.9600 fax 972.436.2667 e-mail: msundst...@icomply.com -Original Message- From: Nezam Najafi [SMTP:nezam.naj...@madge.com] Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:17 AM To:

RE: French Customs demand EC Declaration!

1999-07-16 Thread Grant, Tania (Tania)
Thomas, Read the fine print in the EMC Directive regarding placing [equipment] on the market and putting it into service. You also might want to have your legal representative take a look. I read that providing 'samples' to potential customers is placing [equipment] on the market but not

Re: Spam Mail

1999-07-16 Thread ed . price
For the last week or so, I have been getting deluged by industry catalogs. I knew something was strange, especially when I received this 1 kilo package from a French anechoic absorber manufacturer. Last night, the flow continued. I received eight more packages, with a postage cost of about

Re: 50 ohm or 75 ohm?

1999-07-16 Thread bma
Barbara, Why not. Site Masters have been successfully using in Telecommunication industry to maintain cable/antenna systems for years. Many antenna manufacturers are also using Site Masters in their R D and productions. The device can be roughly viewed as a simplified Vector Network

RE: French Customs demand EC Declaration!

1999-07-16 Thread Gary McInturff
Unfortunately, I don't have the law part of the standards at my desk, but I believe that similar to US law there are exceptions which allow exactly this sort of thing. See section 2.8 in CFR 47 for the times you are allowed to move stuff around without compliance. Pretty much its demo and

RE: EMC Test Labs - Austin

1999-07-16 Thread Nezam Najafi
Hello Doug: I do not know about Austin area. There is a lab in Dallas, TX called KTL with EMC capability. Their phone number is 972-436-9600.They seem to be quite competent with En 55022 and EN 55081-1 and 55082-1. One the question to ask is whether they are accredited by NVLAP. By the way NALAP

Re: French Customs demand EC Declaration!

1999-07-16 Thread Andreas . Thomas
Dear All, the process to import production machines into the EU seems clear, but have you considered the problem of samples, too ? Usually, samples are used for evaluation purposes and cannot often be marked with CE because the CE compliance tests should be done at least with

RE: French Customs demand EC Declaration!

1999-07-16 Thread Gary McInturff
To avoid this problem I have our traffic department provide a copy along with the other documentation to the agent doing the importing, and when the equipment arrives they simply bring it along with the other paperwork to clear this stuff from customs. I also have an abbreviated copy of the DoC