David,
You've made my day! While poring through turbid TNV-4 clearance
distance requirements, your response parted the clouds to illuminate
some interesting bits of history.
Thank you very much;-- I'll contact the CIA.
Tania Grant
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Date: 5/9/97 7:12 AM
Tania,
One of my favorite sources of information is the CIA. No I do not work
for the "Company" however they are accessible on the Web. Their World
Fact Book will provide you with an up to date status of who is a Former
Colony, or Territory of WHOM.
The interesting thing is that you will also find "from whom" a country
gained its independence, and on "what date" it was granted. Just look at
India, and you will find when the BRITISH decided to give up and go
home, just like they did in the battle for the Colonies (USA). (I have
to rib my UK counter part, John Roche, and all of my British Friends who
continue to rib me over the former Colonies)
(As a bit of trivia, it was in India that the word Khaki came into use.
The British continued to wash their white clothes in the muddy rivers of
India, and could not keep them white. So they decided to go with the
flow (literally) and turn their whites into Khaki color, the color of
the river!)
You will also find that the British Empire has had its fingers in a lot
of pies over the last 100 years, and of course the USA is no saint in
this department. Therein you will find inferences concerning the
telephone network from which the current day network was derived. (The
British used their own Gear wherever they would go, as there was no
other way to communicate reliably)
There is a lot of history in this data base, and I find it interesting
and invaluable.
Please find the URL attached.
Best Regards
David Patton
Patton & Associates, Inc.
1600 West Manzanita Drive
Prescott, AZ 86303-6121, USA
Tel +520.771.2900, Fax +520.771.2990
Internet; [email protected]
Web Page: http://www.patton-assoc.com
Telecommunications Consulting, Design and Type Approval for Europe,
North America, and The Pacific Rim
You asked:
>I would appreciate if anyone has any information regarding EMC and
>safety requirements in Puerto Rico.
>
>The assumptions are that FCC Part 15 and UL should be acceptable;
>however, I prefer not to make assumptions, but obtain hard evidence.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Tania Grant, Octel Communications Corporation
> [email protected]
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