Repair of HP8568

2004-09-17 Thread hansm
Can anyone suggest someone that can repair an HP8568? Down to the component level. I already had Agilent and a few other labs gladly charge me for an evaluation to come back and say assembly NLA or no-longer-available. I could use a good reference of an individual or company that can actually

GPS receiver

2003-11-17 Thread hansm
Dear Listers, Which EU/ETSI standard(s) applies to a GPS receiver? Hans Mellberg 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:

Re: Reminder: SCV EMC Society Mtg; Prof. Todd Hubing, Nov. 11 in Santa Clara

2003-11-10 Thread hansm
minor correction on tittle; ignore the Re: EN 61000-3-2:2000 that was inadvertantly added before the tittle. Tittle is: PCB EMC Design Guidelines: A Brief Annotated List Don't miss this event! Here is your chance to listen to Professor Todd Hubing, world-renowned expert! All welcome, IEEE

Reminder: SCV EMC Society Mtg; Prof. Todd Hubing, Nov. 11 in Santa Clara

2003-11-10 Thread hansm
PCB EMC Design Guidelines: A Brief Annotated List Don't miss this event! Here is your chance to listen to Professor Todd Hubing, world-renowned expert! All welcome, IEEE membership NOT required, Bring collegue(s)! Gathering/Social with food and drinks, begins at 5:30pm, meeting begins at

SCV EMC Society Meeting Announcement: Prof. Todd Hubing, Nov. 11 in Santa Clara

2003-11-07 Thread hansm
PCB EMC Design Guidelines: A Brief Annotated List Don't miss this event! Here is your chance to listen to Professor Todd Hubing, world-renowned expert! All welcome, IEEE membership NOT required, Bring collegue(s)! Gathering/Social begins at 5:30pm, meeting begins at 7:00pm Visit

Re: Effective length of half wave dipole

2003-10-29 Thread hansm
And also the circumference of the element. And, Yes, wave velocity is certainly different in mediums other than vaccum affected by permeability and permitivity. Engineering Manager BACL 230 Commercial Street Sunnyvale CA 94085 USA 408-732-9162 x38 408-732-9164 fax - Original Message -

Re: Arcing Sparking

2003-09-22 Thread hansm
Essentially, an arc is sustainable and a spark is not. A spark is the onset of an arc. Whether it becomes sustainable or not, has to do with the supply of charges and electric field potential. An arc, once formed, becomes very low in resistance and impedance akin to a metal conductor. The

Re: NSA fun

2003-09-18 Thread hansm
Ferrites on both tx and rx cables. Also, don't forget the pads at the antennas as they reduce sw. I had to use both the ferrites and 6 dB pads to eliminate swings, which were obviously not due to site geometry but cabling issues. The back edge of the OATS on the transmit side can also affect your

September Social and Planning, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, 5:30pm Tuesday 9 September

2003-09-08 Thread hansm
September 2003 Meeting Notice When/Where: Tuesday, September 9th, 2003, Applied Materials Bowers Cafe, 3090 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA . Topic/Speaker: Our Annual Social and Business Planning Session Details: The Santa Clara Valley EMC Society Chapter

Digital signatures (was Software and Safety)

2003-08-25 Thread hansm
On a slightly off-topic subject (but may be of interest to many) I am exploring digital signatures that are difficult to forge or copy or replicate without authorization. As an example, signing a test document or approving a test plan, all electronically. Are there any easy to use secure digital

Re: CDMA Product Approvals

2003-08-18 Thread hansm
The IS-95 implementation of CDMA was designed to improve call handling density by a factor of 10 or so over AMPS. I am not aware of any older versions of CDMA. D-AMPS (IS-54) was a TDMA variant. The Qualcomm CDMA performance testing were performend sometime in 1988/1989. So, it seems that the

Re: FCC Human Exposure Limits

2003-08-14 Thread hansm
BACL 230 Commercial Street Sunnyvale CA 94085 USA 408-732-9162 x38 408-732-9164 fax - Original Message - From: hansm hans.mellb...@baclcorp.com To: richwo...@tycoint.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:19 AM Subject: Re: FCC Human Exposure Limits handheld

Re: FCC Human Exposure Limits

2003-08-14 Thread hansm
handheld device is how you described it. As such, it cannot be a mobile device by definition and must be classified as portable. As a handheld device you cannot require 20cm separation distance. It must be tested as portable and RF exposure compliance will most likely require SAR testing. Hans

Machinery Directive, X-Ray Baggage Inspection equipment

2003-08-04 Thread hansm
Fellow Listers; Which are the applicable standards for this device under the MD? I visited http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/ne approach/standardization/harmstds/reflist/machines.html but it is unclear which standard(s) to apply. Thanks in advance Hans Mellberg Engineering Manager BACL 230

DFS and TPC testing

2003-05-15 Thread hansm
Has anyone succesfully completed the testing for those two parameters? Any advice? Hans Mellberg Engineering Manager 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

Re: CE directive

2003-05-13 Thread hansm
There is the product liability directive, COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 25 July 1985 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products (85/374/EEC) In this directive the manufacturer is held liable for three years

Re: New EU Member States

2003-05-13 Thread hansm
I'm not sure if the official EU language of Cyprus includes Turkish just yet as that is the main dispute between EC and Turkey. The Turkish occupied territory of Cyprus, which is not included in the EC decision, is the part where Turkish is spoken. In the un-occupied part, Cyprus, Greek is

Re: ESD failure

2003-05-12 Thread hansm
Both dV/dt and di/dt can have higher values at the lower voltages. This is one of the peculiar phenomenae of ESD. Hans Mellberg Engineering Manager This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at:

SCV EMC May 13th meeting

2003-05-12 Thread hansm
Membership not required, All welcome, Bring a collegue The Santa Clara Valley EMC Society is please to present: . Tuesday, May 13th, 2003 Considerations for Advanced EMC Design Flow By: Sudip Das see www.scvemc.org for details and map Details: - In an ideal world, every hardware

Regulatory body in UAE

2003-05-09 Thread hansm
Dear List, Who are the regulatory bodies in UAE for EMC, telecom and safety? Thanks in advance Hans Mellberg

Re: Heat Sink Colour.

2003-05-09 Thread hansm
Only in static or radiant mode. Otherwise surface finish has more effect in forced or convection mode. But, in any event, black seems to be the the most radiant in black body radiation mode. There are more details than than but this is just a thumbnail synopsis. Hans Mellberg Engineering Manager

Re: ESD Gun verification

2003-05-05 Thread hansm
I can probably shed some light into this subject as I am the original designer of the Pelligrini target.In 1978/1979 I designed the coaxial target for waveform verification as our client, Dave Reynolds of Digital Equipment Corp., insisted on certain waveform adherence from our company

Re: Racing Car EMC

2003-03-25 Thread hansm
If mechanics knew how to deliver pulses properly, they'd be using shielded high voltage coax for both EMI shielding and good waveform!! Everyone would be happy! Hans From: Fred Townsend f...@poasana.com To: Price, Ed ed.pr...@cubic.com Cc: 'Peter Conboy' peter.con...@piresearch.co.uk;

iDEN modulation

2003-03-17 Thread hansm
Does anyone have a good lead for techical information on iDEN modulation? Has anyone tried to modify the downloaded waveforms for the E4438C and change the arb waveform to a narrow instead of the wide b/w? Thanks in advance Hans Mellberg

Immunity Amplifiers 1-10 GHz

2003-03-11 Thread hansm
Fellow listers; I am looking for sources of Immunity (-3, ETSI, 461 and Bellcore) power amplifiers in the 1-10 or 20 GHz, 15-30 W range. Please respond off-list directly to me with names of possible vendors and any comments , and or good/bad experiences if you care too! Thanks Hans Mellberg