Re: Balun for a reference dipole

1998-09-07 Thread MVA850SS
The original Roberts antenna used two coaxial cables with their jacket removed and the two shields were seam soldered together. That formed the balun of the first generation reference antennae. Hans - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription,

Re: Re[2]: CE marking vs. Annex ZB in EN60950

1998-08-20 Thread MVA850SS
No. The EFTA (European Free Trade Association) was the balance of the European Countries not in the original EC-12. The EEA is the total of the EFTA plus EC (EU) countries. Now the EC is 15 countries with Sweden, FInland and Austria having joined as full members. Norway is not part of the EC but

Re: HALT/HASS Testing

1998-07-21 Thread MVA850SS
Don't forget that proper HALT testing is to test to failure, i.e., if the product doesn't fail the HALT test was not performed properly. You do not pass a HALT test. You learn from the failures. Hans

Re: odd immunity problems ?

1998-07-07 Thread MVA850SS
15 yrs ago, I tested some gaming equipment. There were some unique test specs, including those to emulate catle prods. One of the specs was around 35kV with some strange C and R value equivalents. They (gaming mfgs) are very aware of the neccessity for hard equipment. Hans

Re: Ce versus FCC

1998-07-07 Thread MVA850SS
Obviously it is not the logic circuits I am refering to! The front end of the power supply has many types of scenarios that can cause high (30 MHz) frequency emissions. To name a few. Switcher pulse risetime and fall-off. As semiconductors get better adn smaller, their ft also better (to other