Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
the electronics, and this at rf. Does anyone really see this as a remotely possible mechanism? I don't. -- >From: "Robert Macy" >To: "Pettit, Ghery" , "'James Collum'" , >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >Date: Thu, Jan 3, 20

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Doug McKean
"Ken Javor" wrote: > > Curiosity. How long must airbags work? As long as you have the car, supposedly. Same with seat belts. They're all safety features. Interestingly, if you have a cracked or broken windshield, a cop *can* write you up for the car being unsafe. I've never heard of it

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Gary McInturff
to:ri...@sdd.hp.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:21 PM To: ken.ja...@emccompliance.com Cc: cherryclo...@aol.com; m...@california.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues Hi Ken: > Trial lawyers and their clients have an obvious interest in portrayin

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Doug McKean
"Rich Nute" wrote: > > EMC? Ha! You raise a good point since the FCC legally can but hasn't implemented an American version of immunity standards. The words "must accept" on the FCC labels of your effected devices are evident of it. Maybe some day we will have do immunity testing. - Do

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Gregg Kervill
Re: EMC-related safety issues I do not disagree but what about the use of mobile phones in emergencies - should the FCC require all advertisements to carry a warning that mobile phones cannot be relied upon for emergencies? I think that would be a great idea as it might even focus the minds of

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Shinn
ordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of James, Chris Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:06 AM To: 'Ken Javor'; 'acar...@uk.xyratex.com'; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: EMC-related safety issues So why ain't the US government chasing the knife manufacturer of the k

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
EMI control. No rubbish! -- >From: John Woodgate >To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 2:20 PM > > I do not find that. In most US hotels I've stayed in, the bedroom radios > are cheapo-squared but

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Price, Ed
>-Original Message- >From: Ken Javor [mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] >Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:55 AM >To: Cortland Richmond; Andrew Carson >Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues > > > >Curiosity. How long mu

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread David_Sterner
02 1:59 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in <846BF526A205F8 4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6ABC4FD5@flbocexu05>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: > more severe immunity req

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Robert Macy
onsultants 619 North First St, San Jose, CA 95112 -Original Message- From: Pettit, Ghery To: 'James Collum' ; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Date: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:46 AM Subject: RE: EMC-related safety issues I still have a hard tim

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread georgea
ex/Lexmark) Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues Hi John: > >I've replaced the incandescent lamp on my bedside > >table with a new energy-saving compact flourescent > >lamp. With the lamp on, I cannot listen to even > >the strongest AM radio station on m

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Rich Nute
Hi John: > >I've replaced the incandescent lamp on my bedside > >table with a new energy-saving compact flourescent > >lamp. With the lamp on, I cannot listen to even > >the strongest AM radio station on my clock radio > >(on the same bedside table) due to the lamp > >interf

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that John Shinn wrote (in <00c001c1948d$a53fb580$0b3d1...@hadco.comsanmina.com>) about 'EMC- related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: >NO NO NO. Don't think about the plane. There will be more red tape >than you want to think about, especially if it is bolted down (perma

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Rich Nute wrote (in <200201031919.laa11...@epgc264.sdd.hp.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: >I've replaced the incandescent lamp on my bedside >table with a new energy-saving compact flourescent >lamp. With the lamp on, I cannot listen to eve

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Kevin Harris
ANADA L4K 4L2 Tel: +1 905 760 3000 Ext. 2378 Fax +1 905 760 3020 Email: harr...@dscltd.com -Original Message- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:59 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issue

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Pettit, Ghery
, as well. Ghery Pettit -Original Message- From: Cortland Richmond [mailto:cortland.richm...@alcatel.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:41 AM To: Ken Javor Cc: Mike Hopkins; cherryclo...@aol.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues I'm old enough

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Ken: > Trial lawyers and their clients have an obvious interest in portraying > consumers as helpless and child-like, and rich corporations as robber-barons > preying on the poor and weak. But why does the rest of society jump on that > bandwagon? Because profit and wealth, once

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
..@ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 1:55 PM > > Today, we > simply don't have processes by which we can > test equipment for RF-induced bad experiences. > So, we argue both sides without a conclusion. --

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
es it. -- >From: Cortland Richmond >To: Andrew Carson >Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 12:22 PM > > > As engineers, we should consider the safety > implications of what we design, test or otherwise > wo

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Ken: > The Forrestal incident occurred during the Vietnam conflict, July 1967. It > was pretty much as you describe except I would not say EMI was not > controlled. All DOD services had EMI requirements at his time. In fact, > 1967 was the year that MIL-STD-461 was adopted as a

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Shinn
day, January 03, 2002 8:12 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in <846BF526A205F8 4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6ABC4FD5@flbocexu05>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: >Ken, le

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Gary McInturff wrote (in <917063bab0ddb043af5faa73c7a835d40ac...@windlord.wwp.com >) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: > While I take your point - I'll challenge with the equally valid > argument >that says show me the data that they do cause

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in <846BF526A205F8 4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6ABC4FD5@flbocexu05>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: > more severe immunity requirements apply. Those requirements are either >specified in EN 50130-4 According to the BSI we

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
success at the expense of others, and the degree of his success is the degree of destruction visited on society. -- From: cherryclo...@aol.com To: m...@california.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Thu, Jan 3

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread georgea
Lexmark.LEXMARK"@sweeper.lex.lexmark.com cc: emc-pstc%ieee@interlock.lexmark.com (bcc: George Alspaugh/Lex/Lexmark) Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues Hi George: > The key word in EMC is "compatibility". This implies that electrical and > electronic equipment are

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Shinn
Of John Woodgate Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:17 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues I read in !emc-pstc that cherryclo...@aol.com wrote (in ) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: >Over the course of this correspon

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread richwoods
home would be useless. Reason has to prevail. Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International -Original Message- From: Enci [mailto:e...@cinepower.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:20 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: EMC-related safety issues I understand

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Rich Nute
Hi George: > The key word in EMC is "compatibility". This implies that electrical and > electronic > equipment are (ideally) designed so that each can operate normally in the > presence > of another. This requires limiting both the emissions and sensitivity of > such > devices.

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Pettit, Ghery
t: Re: EMC-related safety issues * A routine flight over Dallas-Fort Worth was disrupted when one of the compasses suddenly shifted 10 degrees to the right. The pilot asked if any passenger was operating an electronic device, and finding that a laptop computer had just been turn

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
The Forrestal incident occurred during the Vietnam conflict, July 1967. It was pretty much as you describe except I would not say EMI was not controlled. All DOD services had EMI requirements at his time. In fact, 1967 was the year that MIL-STD-461 was adopted as a Tri-Service requirement super

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
position information. That is what happened to that storied DC-10. -- >From: Cortland Richmond >To: Ken Javor >Cc: Mike Hopkins , cherryclo...@aol.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 11:40 AM > > I'm ol

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread James Collum
> > * > A routine flight over Dallas-Fort Worth was disrupted when one of the > compasses suddenly shifted 10 degrees to the right. The pilot asked > if any passenger was operating an electronic device, and finding that > a laptop computer had just been turned on requested that it be tu

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Cortland Richmond
As engineers, we should consider the safety implications of what we design, test or otherwise work on. EMI is part of that. What is considered a safety risk depends a great deal on corporate policy, the legal, political and popular climate in one's state of residence, and the kind of equipment und

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Gary McInturff
ay, January 02, 2002 7:35 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues I read in !emc-pstc that Gary McInturff wrote (in <917063bab0ddb043af5faa73c7a835d40ac...@windlord.wwp.com >) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: > Came

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Cortland Richmond
I'm old enough, Ken, to remember ADF approaches! But laptop switchers often operate inband to frequencies used by aviation non-directional beacons. This makes them more of a threat than the harmonics from lower-frequency ones. It is also, of course, possible for the laptop's other emissions to int

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Doug McKean
Let's be real careful here and give credit where credit is due. The Pinto incident was in many ways not a safety issue with regard to safety testing and the safety engineers at Ford. The Ford Pinto fiasco was clearly a management issue. Tests were done to the 20 mph rear impact standard early in

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread richwoods
camera for baby monitoring. Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International -Original Message- From: Gary McInturff [mailto:gary.mcintu...@worldwidepackets.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:34 AM To: richwo...@tycoint.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: EMC

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
To: "'Ken Javor'" , "'acar...@uk.xyratex.com'" , emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: EMC-related safety issues List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 11:05 AM So why ain't the US government chasing the knife manufacturer of

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread James, Chris
that come with it, within reason, else where will it end? -Original Message- From: Ken Javor [mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] Sent: 03 January 2002 17:00 To: James, Chris; 'acar...@uk.xyratex.com'; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues I agr

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that cherryclo...@aol.com wrote (in ) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: >Over the course of this correspondence (and in earlier postings to > emc-pstc) >you have cast doubt on the IEE's guide to EMC and Functional Safety > without >being in

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in <846BF526A205F8 4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6ABC4FD5@flbocexu05>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: >Ken, let me address the specific case you mentioned - the RF camera used > for >baby surveillance. In that particular app

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
atex.com'" , emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: EMC-related safety issues List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 8:25 AM Ken, I don't think anyone could disagree with your sentiments. The problem is attributing the level of liability between user and ma

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Gary McInturff
n opinions Gary -Original Message- From: richwo...@tycoint.com [mailto:richwo...@tycoint.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 5:26 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: EMC-related safety issues Ken, let me address the specific case you mentioned - the RF camera used for baby s

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Enci
m: Ken Javor[mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] >Sent: Wednesday, January 02,2002 2:22 PM >To: cherryclo...@aol.com;emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safetyissues > >To say that Industrystandards don't go far enough, that it is &g

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
e new device is not considered a tool but a crutch from the get-go. This is an anti-business environment that even the old behind the Iron Curtain Communists could not have imagined. -- From: richwo...@tycoint.com To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: EMC-related safety issues List

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread CherryClough
--- Begin Message --- Dear John Maybe I should have been more explicit. Over the course of this correspondence (and in earlier postings to emc-pstc) you have cast doubt on the IEE's guide to EMC and Functional Safety without being in any way specific. Now you are saying that you haven't read i

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread CherryClough
--- Begin Message --- All I know about the issue of the laptop interfering with the compass is from the IEE's Guide to EMC and Functional Safety, copied below: * A routine flight over Dallas-Fort Worth was disrupted when one of the compasses suddenly shifted 10 degrees to the right. Th

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Andrew Carson wrote (in <3c345485.b0f29...@uk.xyratex.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Thu, 3 Jan 2002: >I get the idea that we a missing the whole point of this >discussion. > I think that you are missing the point. The major concern among responsibl

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread CherryClough
hat bedroom. Is > the manufacturer of that video system responsible for any ill that then > befalls my friend's twins? I think not. But this safety guide says yes, > and places the manufacturer at risk. > > -- > From: cherryclo...@aol.com > To: emc-p...@major

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread CherryClough
t;> HREF="mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com";>ken.ja...@emccompliance.com>; >> mailto:cherryclo...@aol.com";>cherryclo...@aol.com <> HREF="mailto:cherryclo...@aol.com";> >> cherryclo...@aol.com>; > HREF="mailto:emc-p...@majordom

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread James, Chris
Chris James Engineering Services Manager Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (UK) -Original Message- From: acar...@uk.xyratex.com [mailto:acar...@uk.xyratex.com] Sent: 03 January 2002 12:54 To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread richwoods
ional -Original Message- From: Mike Hopkins [mailto:mhopk...@thermokeytek.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:58 PM To: 'Cortland Richmond'; cherryclo...@aol.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: EMC-related safety issues As already stated, the incident of the DC-1

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread richwoods
: Ken Javor [mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 2:22 PM To: cherryclo...@aol.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues I have read a part of the IEE guide mentioned below. What I have read on a paragraph by paragraph basis is fine, but

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Andrew Carson
a bit of magnetic field to respond > and is completely insensitive to electric fields altogether. Further, > no one would use ADF to line up an approach on a runway. > > -- > From: Cortland Richmond > To: Mike Hopkins > Cc: cherryclo...@aol.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org &

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Ken Javor
...@aol.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Wed, Jan 2, 2002, 5:26 PM If they meant "radio compass," that is a different can of monkeys. The radio compass was traditionally the indicator for the ADF set , point

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread Robert Macy
n Jose, CA 95112 -Original Message- From: Gary McInturff To: Ken Javor ; cherryclo...@aol.com ; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Date: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 2:38 PM Subject: RE: EMC-related safety issues Did the camera have "proximal cause&quo

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Gary McInturff wrote (in <917063bab0ddb043af5faa73c7a835d40ac...@windlord.wwp.com >) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: > Cameras don't cause disease likes SIDS. Please post your proof! That is the attitude of some (too many) safety experts these

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that cherryclo...@aol.com wrote (in <125.99b6ace.296 48...@aol.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: >I understand that under European Product Liability law (and I suspect in > US >product liability law too) evidence of a historical lack of safe

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Mike Hopkins wrote (in <49CD487E8BA9D31181190060081C6B8F3BEC1D@COMSERVER>) about 'EMC- related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: >As already stated, the incident of the DC-10 has for years been used as an >example of personal electronics (laptops) interfering w

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Ken Javor
It's no different this side of the Pond. -- >From: John Woodgate >To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >Date: Wed, Jan 2, 2002, 3:19 PM > > > I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor wrote > (in <20020102192217.PBJZ2

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Cortland Richmond
If they meant "radio compass,"  that is a different can of monkeys. The radio compass was traditionally the indicator for the ADF set , pointing to the ground station, and was usually mounted so as to revolve in front of a scale which rotated with the aircraft's' magnetic heading. A noisy switch

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Mike Hopkins
KeyTek -Original Message- From: Cortland Richmond [mailto:cortland.richm...@alcatel.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 2:56 PM To: cherryclo...@aol.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues It is perhaps less than useful to depend on a third or four

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Ken Javor
ry -Original Message- From: Ken Javor [mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 11:22 AM To: cherryclo...@aol.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues I have read a part of the IEE guide mentioned below. What I have read on a paragraph b

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Gary McInturff
January 02, 2002 11:22 AM To: cherryclo...@aol.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues I have read a part of the IEE guide mentioned below. What I have read on a paragraph by paragraph basis is fine, but I find the overall philosophy deeply troubling

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Cortland Richmond
It appears that a lot depends on what we mean by the word "safety." If this means the elimination of as-yet-unknown risks, why, nothing can be shown to be safe. If we mean the prevention of hazards that are reasonably predictable, we do that already. Or should! The existence of standards which re

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor wrote (in <20020102192217.PBJZ20715.femail25.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[65.11.150.27] >) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: >What I have read on a paragraph by paragraph basis is fine, but I >find the overall philosophy deeply troubling.  

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Cortland Richmond wrote (in <3c3365ca.d3acb...@alcatel.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: >The citation for the referenced  incident was Compliance >Engineering (CE magazine), the European edition, for >November/December 1996.  It

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that cherryclo...@aol.com wrote (in <63.44c9e61.29648...@aol.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: >Once again, John, you seem to be trying to give a negative impression > about >the IEE's guide on EMC and Functional Safety (which you now admit

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Doug McKean
Personally, I could list a ton of stuff that would instill fear and loathing amongst the fainest of EMC hearts. Sitting in a jet airliner at the end of the runway readying for take-off and watching the cabin lights dim slightly in sync with the sweep of the main radar dish just a couple of h

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Cortland Richmond
only the field intensities associated with intentional rf transmissions that are capable of stimulating electronics operating at higher levels than radio receivers. -- From: cherryclo...@aol.com To: ken.ja...@emccompliance.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Woodcox, Edmund A
y and I remain ever vigilant in disputing such assertions > whenever they arise. If I have given offense, I apologize. > > I end by quoting Ing. Gert Gremmen, in a related posting, "Limits > for emission are essentially to protect (radio)receivers... I have never > met an

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Ken Javor
edroom. Is the manufacturer of that video system responsible for any ill that then befalls my friend's twins? I think not. But this safety guide says yes, and places the manufacturer at risk. -- From: cherryclo...@aol.com To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety i

re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread CherryClough
any frequency within > 60 dB above the limits in f.a. CISPR22 that was not a (frequency selective) > receiver." > > That is precisely correct. > > Ken Javor > > -- > From: cherryclo...@aol.com > To: ken.ja...@emccompliance.com, emc-p...@majordomo.

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread CherryClough
Once again, John, you seem to be trying to give a negative impression about the IEE's guide on EMC and Functional Safety (which you now admit you haven't read) instead of simply saying what it is that you think is wrong with it. Of course I am passionate about the IEE guide - my colleagues and I

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Ken Javor
. Ken Javor -- From: cherryclo...@aol.com To: ken.ja...@emccompliance.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Wed, Jan 2, 2002, 8:45 AM I won't get into whether you were intending to impugn my truthfulness

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread CherryClough
eaction to anything except a radio > receiver. It is only the field intensities associated with intentional rf > transmissions that are capable of stimulating electronics operating at > higher levels than radio receivers. > > -- > From: cherryclo...@aol.com > To: ke

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-02 Thread Ken Javor
he DC-10, the pilot seized control from the auto-pilot and redirected the aircraft towards its former heading. Since this was on final approach, it was a fairly narrow escape. -- >From: John Woodgate >To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-01 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor wrote (in <20020101193617.STGC6581.femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[65.11.150.27]>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Tue, 1 Jan 2002: > The >standard navigational aids: ILS, TACAN and VOR all have simple modulation >schemes. ILS receivers have sensitivities on

RE: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-01 Thread CE-test - Ing. Gert Gremmen - ce-marking and more...
ary 01, 2002 8:36 PM >>To: John Woodgate; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >>Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >> >> >> >>If the length of discussion is proportional to the degree of controversy >>surrounding a subject, then the entire theory of electromag

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-01 Thread Ken Javor
N is -80 dBm, glide slope -60 dBm and marker beacon -50 dBm. > -- -- >From: John Woodgate >To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >Date: Tue, Jan 1, 2002, 2:17 AM > > > I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor wrote > (in <2002010106

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-01 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor wrote (in <20020101060002.GSJY27550.femail4.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[65.11.150.27]> ) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Mon, 31 Dec 2001: >KJJ response to JW: The aircraft receivers in question are just that, radio >receivers, and as such are the sensitive victi

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-01 Thread Ken Javor
Re this exchange: KJJ response to Keith Armstrong: In a court of law one must swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. JW: Indeed, but it is, of course, fatuous. One cannot tell if one even KNOWS the whole truth about anything, let alone whether one will be allowed by

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-01 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor wrote (in <20011231204639.HFSF617.femail38.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[65.11.150.27]>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Mon, 31 Dec 2001: >In a court of law one must swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and >nothing but the truth. Indeed, but it is, of co

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2001-12-31 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that cherryclo...@aol.com wrote (in <17c.18c06c2.296 20...@aol.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Mon, 31 Dec 2001: >Quite a number of EMC and Safety experts took part in creating the IEE's >Guide on EMC and Functional Safety, including a lawyer who specialis

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2001-12-31 Thread Ken Javor
levels than radio receivers. -- From: cherryclo...@aol.com To: ken.ja...@emccompliance.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Mon, Dec 31, 2001, 12:45 PM Dear Ken Any electromagnetic emissions, whether conducted

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2001-12-31 Thread CherryClough
Dear Ken Any electromagnetic emissions, whether conducted or radiated, including spurious emissions (however you wish to define the word 'spurious') can be demodulated by the non-linear processes in semiconductors, vacuum tubes, and the like. So the spread of possible problems goes beyond merely

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2001-12-31 Thread CherryClough
Dear John Quite a number of EMC and Safety experts took part in creating the IEE's Guide on EMC and Functional Safety, including a lawyer who specialises in high-tech issues. You will find their names listed at the end of the 'core' of the guide (downloadable from www.iee.org.uk/Policy/Areas/Ele

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2001-12-31 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that cherryclo...@aol.com wrote (in <123.96b6ec6.296 1b...@aol.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Mon, 31 Dec 2001: >(A key member of the IEC 61000-1-2 committee is a very senior safety > expert >and also a key member of the IEE Working Group that created thi

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2001-12-31 Thread Ken Javor
All of this message is very interesting and I have no problem with it at all. That doesn't change the fact that, as I and others stated earlier, there is no intrinsic safety issue with a spurious emission. Spurious emissions only affect the ability to receive a radio signal. That was and is the

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