I have tested two different PCs "assembled from FCC Class B compliant components" and both failed with very high amplitudes.
-----Original Message----- From: Cortland Richmond <[email protected]> To: Kretsch, John <[email protected]>; ieee pstc list <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 2:05 PM Subject: RE: Question on FCC Class B certifications. >Happens I agree with you, John. But the economics of the proposal were so >attractive that somebody persuaded the FCC to make it -- and we all had a >good long while to comment on on it, too. I think the bottom line is, if >these things WERE tested, they'd fail with some regularity, but not as >often and not as badly as the ordinary "clones" used to. That is, I think, >some improvement. > >The Commission has taken the approach that if there are no complaints, >there is no problem. Since people will put up with mountains of >inconvenience rather than stand up and be heard, this has lead to the >OFFICIAL conclusion that there is no interference. > >But I tell all my Ham Radio friends (I'm KA5S) to complain EVERY TIME they >receive interference. Don't know if they do. I'm working on a very >widespread case (on my own nickel -- it's for me) right now which I believe >to be power-company carrier-current harmonics. There's a LOT of RFI out >here, and it is getting worse! > >Cortland > >====================== Original Message Follows ==================== > > >> Date: 25-Nov-98 05:45:28 MsgID: 1065-60387 ToID: 72146,373 >From: "Kretsch, John" >INTERNET:[email protected] >Subj: RE: Question on FCC Class B certifications. >Chrg: $0.00 Imp: Norm Sens: Std Receipt: No Parts: 1 > > >Just out of curiosity, how come "assembled from FCC Class B compliant >components" seems to fly but CE + CE = CE obviously does not? > >What am I missing here? > >BTW, I don't have much faith taking a piece of equipment that has been >"assembled from FCC Class B compliant components" to a test lab and expect >it to pass. > >Regards, > >John R. Kretsch, P.E. >Compliance Engineering Supervisor >ADC Broadband Communications >[email protected] > >-----Original Message----- > >--------- >This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. >To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] >with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the >quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], >[email protected], [email protected], or >[email protected] (the list administrators). > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
