[LeArc] ARLB051 ARRL urges improved RFI immunity standards for consumer electronics

[Tony Coniglio]

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> ARLB051 ARRL urges improved RFI immunity standards for consumer 
> electronics
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> ARRL Bulletin 51  ARLB051
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  July 29, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
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> ARLB051 ARRL urges improved RFI immunity standards for consumer
> electronics
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> The ARRL has told the FCC that improved interference standards for
> consumer electronic devices is the most pressing need as the
> Commission considers the interference immunity performance of
> receivers. The League filed comments July 21 in response to an FCC
> Notice of Inquiry (NOI), "Interference Immunity Performance
> Specifications for Radio Receivers" (ET-03-65), released last March.
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> Stating that no receiver immunity standards are necessary or
> practical in the "essentially experimental" Amateur Service, the
> ARRL said that the real need for receiver immunity specifications is
> in the area of consumer electronics and the FCC must establish
> stronger interference rejection standards for such devices.
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> In its 21-page reply to the NOI, the ARRL recited the recent history
> of efforts to come to grips with interference from RF sources,
> including amateur stations, to receivers used in other services,
> such as TV and radio broadcasting, and to consumer electronics.
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> "ARRL continues to believe that receiver immunity should be on the
> order of 3 V/m for receivers that might be in the near field of an
> Amateur Radio station," the League said.
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> The ARRL suggested the FCC mandate a standard for all consumer
> electronics or adopt a labeling or grading system, and that the FCC
> not rely exclusively on manufacturers to set standards.
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