In message <e1ba0362b28ed211a1e80008c71ea30603387...@z-160-100-30-252.est.ibm.com>, dated Wed, 15 Mar 2006, "Gordon,Ian" <ian.gor...@bocedwards.com> writes >The EN 50147 series of standards were developed to offer compact fully >anechoic rooms alternatives to OATS testing. However, I don't think >there is any movement to eliminate OATS testing. Martin Alexander at >NPL did a lot of work on the development of this standard.
Quite right, so I asked Martin and he replied: I expect OATS will continue to be used alongside FARs for many years decades) to come. What the UK lab may have been intimating was that in certain localities (most of the developed world) OATS are subject to a lot of ambient interference so customers may be attracted to labs that have FARs. He also supplied this URL: http://www.npl.co.uk/electromagnetic/rfmff/newcal/emc.html -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - 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/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
