Course Description

This program is intended to give participants hands-on training and experience, in a functioning laboratory environment, in making technical measurements, and in the testing and calibration of telecommunications equipment in support of governmental radio frequency equipment authorization programs. In addition to an explanation of the U.S. equipment authorization process, the course will focus on four elements of related laboratory activities: testing radio frequency equipment for compliance with government technical standards on emissions; developing and using new compliance measurement techniques for new radio services; techniques for improving electromagnetic compatibility in radio frequency equipment; and repair and calibration of equipment used in laboratory compliance measurements. The participants will have the opportunity to work with FCC engineers and technicians in a fully operational electronics laboratory using modern equipment and methodologies. Site visits to related entities will be included. This course is intended for engineers and technicians involved in radio frequency equipment authorization programs.

Participants will develop a working knowledge and understanding of the type of measurements used to determine compliance with technical standards for radio frequency emissions, how to improve the performance of equipment with respect to electromagnetic compatibility, how to repair and calibrate equipment used for such measurements, and how to approach the development of new measurement techniques for new radio services.

Technical

Sept. 22,2000

October 2-6, 2000

Columbia, Maryland

K2-306 or K2-304