Dave, Everything seems reasonable and right to me. I would do it just as you have stated but I have never worked with a system of this sort (RF port and antenna). Dan Kinney Horner APG
> -----Original Message----- > From: Spencer, David H [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Surge Applications > > > Using the following references: IEC 61000-4-5:1995 and EN55024:1998. > > I have to test a piece of ITE equipment which has an receive antenna (the > antenna is connected to the EUT using 50 ohm coaxial cable). Is the EUT's > antenna cable subject to surge test per table 2 of EN55024? > Note 2 specifies only cables which connect to outdoor cables. > This cable does that. > Table 2's title is "Immunity, signal ports and telecommunications ports" > I > feel that an antenna fits under this category. > > If so (moving on from EN55024) > > How do I perform the test? > Figures 13 and 14 in IEC61000-4-5 illustrates the test set up for shielded > lines. > However, there really only seems to be one EUT. I suspect I could consider > the antenna as EUT 2 and the actual unit as EUT 1. In that case the > testing > is relatively straight forward. > > If this all sounds correct, then this is just a sanity check. If I'm > incorrect or missed something...could you point me in the right direction. > > Thanks > > best regards > David Spencer > > > ------------------------------------------- > 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: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > Dave Heald [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > 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. ------------------------------------------- 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: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] 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.

