In message <[email protected]>, dated Thu, 29 Oct 2009, "Kunde, Brian" <[email protected]> writes:
>Simple question, where does the 1V/m, 3V/m and 10V/m test levels come >from in the Radiated Immunity standards such as IEC/EN61000-4-3? Is >there some real-world rf source that correlates to these levels? Any value of field strength (below the breakdown value for air) occurs somewhere! As with many numbers in EMC standards, these have been found in practice to reduce the number of complaints to an acceptable minimum. If they don't, the numbers are changed until they do. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK Help stamp out intolerance! - 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]>

