I saw that but it makes no sense - there are coax switches in EMI receivers that take inputs from antennas making EMI measurements, looking at microvolt inputs.
---------- >From: richwo...@tycoint.com >To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: RE: Coaxial Switches - use with spectrum analyzer and gear? >Date: Thu, May 23, 2002, 3:36 PM > > > That information is from an application document found on the Dow Key web > site. I can't say that I fully understand it myself. > > Richard Woods > Sensormatic Electronics > Tyco International > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Javor [mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:59 PM > To: richwo...@tycoint.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > Subject: Re: Coaxial Switches - use with spectrum analyzer and gear? > > > I don't understand the snipped statement below. Isn't the loss just a > fraction of the power flowing through the switch? > > ---------- >>From: richwo...@tycoint.com >>To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >>Subject: RE: Coaxial Switches - use with spectrum analyzer and gear? >>Date: Thu, May 23, 2002, 12:22 PM >> > >> A minimum power of about -20dbm must be used to overcome the >> losses in the switch. > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"