Ken Javor wrote >The degree of compatibility depends on the characteristics of the transmit antenna, >how much power is dumped into it, and how much radiation leaks into the ambulance
Some few years ago I had a contract that involved medical equipmnet. One of the horror stories curcualted in that field was of a death related to equipment susceptibility in an ambulance -- which turned out to have been caused by replacement of a metal roof with lighter-weight fiberglass. >Note that the EMI requirements levied on equipment that is designed to go in moving >platforms, whether commercial or military, are based on different separation and different >installations entirely. The antenna - EUT separation is one meter and the equipment is >typically placed on a metallic ground plane, which simulates the platform installation. I have explained the low MIL-STD-461 and DO-160 limits by pointing out that equipment three meters from a VOR antenna can't radiate as much as a modem ten meters from a television antenna. Cortland KA5S - 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
