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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Derek
Walton
Sent: 13 May 2009 16:04
To: John Woodgate
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Dimmer Switch

I think you are missing th point John, I'm not saying harmonics aren't 
there: I've stressed harmonic rich as much as I can.....

It's all down to what you see on the display of the SA, and thats sweep 
time dependent. Ken describes that well.

The lines that appear on the display are spaced on sweep time not
frequency.

It would be useful to show graphs on the group!

Cheers,

Derek.


John Woodgate wrote:
> In message <c630442d.4265c%[email protected]>, dated Wed, 13

> May 2009, Ken Javor <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Have to admit to being confused by the Woodgate-Walton discussion.  
>> The way I see it, the dimmer switch is indeed generating a harmonic 
>> rich signal. The spectrum analyzer, due to the required EMC 
>> bandwidths, doesn't show each individual harmonic - the bandwidth is 
>> wider than the harmonic spacing. Therefore the dimmer switch is 
>> creating what appears to be broadband noise, as long as your 
>> reference point is audio frequency bandwidths necessary for radio 
>> communications, and by extension EMI measurements.
>
> I agree. The harmonics are there, whatever you can or can't see on the

> SA display.

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