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Spectrum Use and EMI

 

"Spectrum Use and EMI: The Ugly Truth" illustrates, by using real examples of how Electromagnetic Interference or EMI, radiation hazards or RADHAZ, lightning, precipitation-static, or P-static, and disregarding spectrum management procedures can adversely impact military and commercial systems. Watch the video. … [Read more...]

Honda Issues DC-to-DC Converter Recall

 

Honda recalled more than 35,000 Civic hybrids in the United States on Monday to fix a problem with the electrical system that could cause the headlights to turn off or the engine to stall. Honda Motor Co. told the government its recall would cover 2006-07 Civic hybrids. The company said the voltage converter that relays power from the motor assist system to the vehicle’s … [Read more...]

Wi-Fi Proven to Interfere with Aircraft

 

Boeing has confirmed that certain Honeywell avionics displays have shut down as a result of interference from onboard Wi-Fi systems, according to a report from FlightGlobal’s RunwayGirl blog. No aircraft have been delivered containing the affected equipment, and Boeing has halted installation of the defective gear.The problem was discovered during airline electromagnetic … [Read more...]

China Uses Pigeons to Messenger Past EMI

 

A special unit of China’s People’s Liberation Army is training 10,000 messenger pigeons to deliver vital military communications. China has had a division of military homing pigeons since 1950. Chen Cuntao, the officer responsible for this army, said that pigeons would be an effective communication tool “if there is electromagnetic interference or a collapse in our … [Read more...]

Company Working to Create Silent Lights for the U.S. Navy

 

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is working with TechSolutions and Energy Focus to produce patented LED fixtures to replace humming fluorescent bulbs with a quiet alternative. TechSolutions funded development and certification of a suite of LED fixtures that are direct form-fit-function replacements for all the T8W5 light fixtures currently used by the Navy. TechSolutions’ … [Read more...]

Russian Satellite Crash May Have Been Caused By EMI

 

A Russian Geo-IK-2 satellite launch failed “because of possible external electromagnetic interference from a sea-, land- or air-based source.” The satellite was launched by a rocket converted from a SS-19 intercontinental ballistic missile that apparently did its job sufficiently well, but an additional Briz-KM booster malfunctioned. Finally, the Geo-IK-2 was boosted to an … [Read more...]

EMC Business Bulletin

 

Compare your 2011 EMC Marketing Plans In last month’s EMC Business Bulletin, we posted a poll of how EMC industry marketers are planning to spend their 2011 dollars. And although we did not receive enough responses to be statistically valid, true to our word that we would give you a benchmark this month, here are the results of a recent study of how other business-to-business … [Read more...]

Company Expands with Additional Sites in Cyprus, South Korea

 

Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) has significantly increased its SATCOM NetOps service coverage by activating two additional satellite interference monitoring, detection and geolocation sites in the Republic of Cyprus and Republic of South Korea. As part of IS3's global satellite interference monitoring, detection and geolocation network, the new facilities include dual … [Read more...]

Bandwidth Battle Brews between Cell Phones, GPS

 

A radio war is brewing between two large commercial interests – cell phone carriers and the GPS industry – and at the crux of the clash is a radio spectrum ever more crammed by signals zipping to and from mobile gadgets.In the continuing quest to increase wireless broadband for cell phones, laptops and tablets, cell carriers have come up with a new technology combination that … [Read more...]

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