Radio frequency (RF) interference can cause major quality of experience issues for users of communications and broadcast systems Viavi Solutions has developed a fully-automated interference hunting solution, InterferenceAdvisor, that allows an RF engineer to identify and locate an interference sources quickly, using a familiar map-based application on an Android tablet. … [Read more...]
Russian-Detected Signal Likely Terrestrial Interference
(August 31, 2016) According to The Guardian, "The team of scientists manning a huge radio telescope high in the Caucasus region have said that the signal they believed at first to have originated from distant star HD164595 was most likely the result of 'terrestrial interference'." "The Ratan-600, a telescope located in Zelenchukskaya in the Caucasus mountains, surveys as much … [Read more...]
New 3.2 / 7.5 GHz Spectrum Analyzer Released
Rigol Technologies recently announced their new DSA832E 3.2 GHz spectrum analyzer, based on the small DSA800-series form factor. The analyzer is ideal for design and development implementing Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other RF standards. The 7.5 GHz instrument enables engineers to investigate the 3rd harmonic of all of their critical 2.4 GHz applications while the 3.2 GHz models … [Read more...]
FCC Fines Radio Operator for Malicious Interference
(August 2, 2016) Recently the FCC imposed a penalty of $25,000 against William F. Crowell for operating an amateur station in violation of Section 333 of the Communications Act and Sections 97.101(d) and 97.113(a)(4) of the Commission’s rules, by intentionally causing interference to other amateur radio operators and transmitting prohibited communications, including music. The … [Read more...]
EMC Standards Package
This EMC Standards package includes standards that address the unintentional generation, propagation, and reception of electromagnetic energy, the associated unwanted effects, and the correct operation of different equipment involving electromagnetic phenomena in their operation. In the package: 220+ active, draft, and archived IEEE and ANSI EMC related standards; robust … [Read more...]
Spectrum Noise Study Receives Industry Support
(August 19, 2016) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should be starting the radio spectrum noise floor study thanks to positive industry stakeholder feedback. In June, the FCC “issued a public notice inviting comments and answers to questions about the rising noise floor in the radio spectrum, and missing quantitative data to support this presumption. The agency's … [Read more...]
New CENELEC Standards Recently Released
Rein Tech Laboratories recently listed several updates to standards in their July 2016 newsletter “MultiPoint”. Among them are the following updates as published by CENELEC. There are additional standards updates listed for IEC and ETSI standards. This is a shortened list of the CENELEC standards published or made available during the past month: EN 62610-5:2016 - 6/24/2016 … [Read more...]
Interference Technology’s Top 5 Articles
The top five “clicked-on” articles since 2005 include information on high frequency current probes & applications, RTCA/DO-160 update, electromagnetic interference sources and their most significant effects, designing electronic systems for EMI, and radiated emissions measurements from 1 to 30 meters. To read the articles and more about them, click here. … [Read more...]
GPS Under Interference Attack
(August 8, 2016) As reported by NBC News, "criminals, rogue employees and even otherwise law-abiding citizens are using illegal "jamming" devices to overpower GPS, cellphone and other electronic signals in localized areas." Experts say the threat to the Global Positioning System (GPS) is escalating as potentially more destructive "spoofing" devices become readily available, … [Read more...]
Update of General-Purpose Electromagnetic Simulator
(July 13, 2016) Remcom Inc. has introduced a new version of its XGtd general-purpose, high-frequency ray-based EM (electromagnetic) simulation software. Highlights of the XGtd 2.8 release include several new co-site analysis features, a 64-bit graphical user interface (GUI) and support for KMZ and COLLADA geometry files. Remcom said XGtd’s new co-site analysis features allow … [Read more...]
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