> Bob Axtell wrote:
> > You can perform some up-front work that will save yourself a LOT of gri=
ef. For
> > example, suppose you need to get FCC part 15 certification for a PIC-ba=
sed
> > product.
> >
> > Purchase a simple broadband "sniffer". I bought mine from a kit store;
> > it detects RF radiation from 2Mhz to 1000Mhz and makes an alarm
> > when any is detected. I KNOW I paid less than $100USD. (It was
> > sold to detect "bugs" by private investigators). Its the best $100 I
> > ever spent... (well, there WAS that cute Irish girl in Boston I once
> > had dinner with... but that's another story.).
> >
> > Place the product, RUNNING, on a non-metallic tabletop and walk around
> > it with the sniffer. If you can't detect any signal in less than 10'
> > (3.3m), you
> > will NOT have an issue when you need to get a certificate.

Don't forget to attach cables to all terminals.

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> Wouldn't the distance depend on the sensitivity of the sniffer? =

> =


Yes, and it probably has different sensitivity for different frequencies.

/Ruben

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