Hello,
I worked in EMC compliance for a major medical electronics manufacturer
in the mid-west,
I want to comment _on this thought_ and give you some *historical
reference* as to why the FCC
isn't proactive in this department...
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For the most part, you can thank the folks who design and build the wide
variety of consumer electronic switching power supplies. In the last year I
have found 2 mobility scooters with switching power supplies running their
internal chargers that blot out 7, 10 and 14 MHz nicely. I have found 2
cordless phone battery chargers that put lines on Channel 9 television. At
least 5 larger style battery chargers ( for charging marine batteries and
such) that make great 1-28 MHz QRM generators. Big switching power supplies
for an elevator controller, one satellite dish switching power supply, a
no-name DVD/VHS tape player, several photocells..... the list is endless.
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The FCC has made it clear it's not going to regulate issues that it
considers as "quality control..." The FCC only became involved in regulating
radiated emissions to *protect the emergence of the television business*
hence the design of 10 meters & 30 meters open air (OATS) radiated emission
test sites and specialized measurement antennas (designed by an FCC employee
by the name of "Roberts." ((Years ago Roberts wrote a seminal book on his
FCC work, I have PDF'ed sections of it.))
It is _my opinion_ (and others in the compliance field) that unless something
really "bad" happens, (people are hurt or killed) the FCC will *not become
proactive* in the compliance business.
In the medical electronics business, it's not the FDA the drives patient
safety - it is the Europeans! It's the Europeans (EU) who are driving the
development of EMC regulations for *many years.* Forget depending on the
FCC on doing anything proactive unless in concerns _loss of life_. (From a
patient prospective, this is a good thing.)
/The FCC is more responsive to lobbyists and their groups concerns./ Ask
yourself, "Why should the FCC become active in matters of _digital media
content protection_ compared to _software defined radio_?"
Cheers,
Dave Garnier - wb9own
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