Hello Samantha, For analyzers that do not incorporate an average detector, the FCC has specified settings of RBW 1 MHz and VBW of 10 Hz for average measurements in other parts of the Rules for measurements above 1 GHz. They have been accepting these settings for many years for spread spectrum and now 802.11 radios operating under 15.247 of the Rules.
best regards Tom Cokenias T.N. Cokenias Consulting P.O. Box 1086 El Granada CA 94018 tel 650 726 1263 fax 650 726 1252 cell 650 302 0887 At 8:21 AM +0100 8/23/04, Ridler, Samantha wrote: >Hello All > >FCC part 18 requires the use of an Average detector. For measurements above >1GHz on a HP8593E EMC (Spectrum) analyser, would using a Video Average of >100 or more be equivalent to taking a measurement with an Average detector? > > >It has been suggested to me by a test house that this is the case, but I >have not managed to find any rationale for this. > >The setup for the Analyser in question during the measurent was as follows >if this helps: >SPAN = 2GHz, RBW =1MHz, VBW = 3MHz, SWEEP =40ms > >Many thanks. > >Samantha Ridler BEng MIEE >Compliance Engineer > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society >emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > >To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org > >Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html > >List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > >For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc