Re: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread John Woodgate
In message 9d04b979323dcd428297dda95108893e0120c...@bb-corp-ex2.corp.cubic.cub, dated Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Price, Edward ed.pr...@cubic.com writes: If I lay a BNC or SMA cable (assuming 1/4 cross section by 10 foot exposure length) onto the working area (about 16' by 12'), the cable occupies

RE: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread Cortland Richmond
Pessimism is an asset in this line of work. Some time ago, I persuaded a lab to perform a cable attenuation test. What really got me going was cable factors that at some frequencies exhibited negative loss! And folks think I'm hard on automation. There were indentations in the

RE: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread Haynes, Tim (SELEX GALILEO, UK)
Ed, I can extend the theory of unexplained attraction to other areas. when the screened room door has a brass surround with finger stock mounted within, then a) people will stand on the door frame even when you tell them not to. b) people need to poke at the finger stock to check how

RE: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread Kunde, Brian
I am so glad you posted this. I have seen this phenomenon but didn’t have the guts to tell anyone in fear of being labeled crazy (again). Where I really notice this affect is when I am doing radiated immunity Calibration and I have my bright orange fiber optic cable running to my Field Probe.

Re: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread pat.lawler
. . . this includes 'spherical cow' type approximations . . . And that's why I like this list -- I learn new things all the time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow Pat Lawler EMC Engineer SL Power Electronics Corp. emc-p...@ieee.org wrote on 12/10/2008 12:21:12 AM: In message

RE: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread Price, Edward
-Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:21 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Cables On The Floor In message 9d04b979323dcd428297dda95108893e0120c...@bb-corp-ex2.corp.cubic.cub

RE: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread Pettit, Ghery
...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Kunde, Brian Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:03 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Cables On The Floor I am so glad you posted this. I have seen this phenomenon but didn’t have the guts to tell anyone in fear of being labeled crazy (again). Where I really notice

RE: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread Pickard, Ron
: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:17 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Cables On The Floor -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:21 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Cables On The Floor

Re: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread John Woodgate
In message 9d04b979323dcd428297dda95108893e0120c...@bb-corp-ex2.corp.cubic.cub, dated Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Price, Edward ed.pr...@cubic.com writes: BTW, I'm almost afraid to ask, but what's a spherical cow? It's a typical simplification used by physicists when asked about some not-quite-simple

RE: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread Kunde, Brian
12:17 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Cables On The Floor -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:21 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Cables On The Floor In message

Re: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-09 Thread Derek Walton
HI Ed, you should know that managers are full of hot air,and are therefore lighter than engineers and techs Derek PS, folks, this was meant as a joke... Price, Edward wrote: *From:*