> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of [email protected] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 1:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: EMI Receivers > > > An instrument, IMHO, should not primarily named by its application. > In this case, I would call it a test receiver, not an EMI > receiver (not good) or EMC receiver (even worse). > > The same test receiver can be used to measure EMI, but also > to measure properties of an RF transmitter. > > The German term 'Meßempfänger', which means literally > measuring receiver coins this quite nicely. > > Best regards, > Michael Nagel
But Mike, when receiving, you may be simply monitoring without "testing." <g> BTW, I agree with you in general, but the use of German technical terms has it's own problems, most notably the limitation of the number of characters on a line of text. 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 Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
