>-----Original Message----- >From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:52 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: 802.11a FCC and CE > > > >I read in !emc-pstc that Sam Wismer <[email protected]> wrote (in ><000f01c3e4d9$ba985f10$0901000a@SAMW>) about '802.11a FCC and CE' on >Tue, 27 Jan 2004: > >Nothing that I've kept. > >> This standard has been adopted >>as a European Norm > >I didn't receive either the OP's message or Barbara Judge's, but I'd >just like to point out that ENs are not 'European Norms', which are >standards originally produced by the European Coal and Steel Community, >but European Standards. This matters if you are looking at European >Commission, CENELEC or CEN web sites, and maybe in other circumstances. > >Unfortunately, 'European Specifications', with the designator ES, are >being introduced. Confusion will increase. > >The designator 'EN' is not due to French influence: the French >designator should be 'NE' (Norme Européenne).
But wouldn't the designator be reversed, to "EN", so as to avoid an implication of undue French influence? Regards, Ed Ed Price [email protected] WB6WSN NARTE Certified EMC Engineer & Technician Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Applications San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ 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] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
