I read in !emc-pstc that Mike Hopkins <mhopk...@thermokeytek.com> wrote (in <49CD487E8BA9D31181190060081C6B8F3BEC1D@COMSERVER>) about 'EMC- related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: > As already stated, the incident of the DC-10 has for years been used as an > example of personal electronics (laptops) interfering with avionics. The > only version I've ever heard (and the only one that makes sense) had to do > with interference to an ILS receiver operating somewhere between 108MHz > and > 118MHz.
> That is much more likely. It has been known for very many years that many ILS receivers have the selectivity of a wet lettuce. I have heard that many have a broadband input stage, just like a $10 FM portable. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
