I think the spurious emissions would be a big problem. You would be amazed at the levels of EMI emitted by phones when they are in certain modes. While looking at some dual & tri-mode digital phones from 3 different manufacturers (while placing digital calls in the 1800± MHz range?? or maybe the upper 800's range - I forget), I have seen emissions that were regularly 20-30+ dB above Class A from 40MHz all the way up to 1GHz (narrowband spurious, but distributed seemingly randomly all over the place).
These emissions were from the phone itself on a turntable - no cables, just the phone taped to a cardboard box. Anecdotally, think of your PC speakers - I know a lot of people who know that a TDMA call is coming in when their speakers click. I must admit I haven't looked, but maybe the mall stores sell sterile faceplates? :) Best Regards, Dave Heald John Shinn wrote: > If he had a LOW EMI Phone, how was he able to transmit out of the > OR? It is not the incidental radiation that is the problem, it is the > transmitter. Also, how was he able to "answer" the phone and maintain > sterilization? > > John Shinn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of drcuthbert > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 1:32 PM > To: 'John Woodgate'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: IEC 61010 requirements > > > > Maybe he had a special low EMI cell phone? But seriously, a useful product > would be a "cell phone detector" with an audible alarm, or a silent alarm to > alert security. > > Dave Cuthbert > -----Original Message----- > From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IEC 61010 requirements > > > > I read in !emc-pstc that peter merguerian <[email protected]> > wrote (in <[email protected]>) about > 'IEC 61010 requirements' on Fri, 21 Feb 2003: > >> The other day, I called a surgeon and he happened to be in the >> operating room with his cellphone performing an operation. Does >> that make his cellular comply with IEC 601-1? > > > Maybe not, but there are VERY serious EMC issues. No cell-phone should > be switched on in an OR. > -- > Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk > Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to > http://www.isce.org.uk > PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! > > ------------------------------------------- > 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: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > > ------------------------------------------- > 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: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > > > ------------------------------------------- > 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: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > 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: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
