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Practical Papers, Articles
and Application Notes

Bob Olsen, Associate Editor


In this issue you will find two practical papers that should be of interest to the EMC community. The first is a study by Henk Klok of the Royal Netherlands Navy about the differences between military and civilian EMC standards. Anyone who uses equipment designed for the civilian market in a military environment will be interested in this topic. The second is a survey by Diethard Hansen of recent European activities in the area of high-speed power line communications. Since frequencies of up to 30 MHz are being used on unsymmetrical power lines, EMC is a major issue.

The purpose of this section is to disseminate practical information to the EMC community. In some cases the material is entirely original. In others, the material is not new but has been made either more understandable or accessible to the community. In others, the material has been previously presented at a conference but has been deemed especially worthy of wider dissemination. Readers wishing to share such information with colleagues in the EMC community are encouraged to submit papers or application notes for this section of the Newsletter. See newsletter staff page for my e-mail, FAX and real mail address. While all material will be reviewed prior to acceptance, the criteria are different from those of Transactions papers. Specifically, while it is not necessary that the paper be archival, it is necessary that the paper be useful and of interest to readers of the Newsletter.

Comments from readers concerning these papers are welcome, either as a letter (or e-mail) to the Associate Editor or directly to the authors.

Risk Analysis by the Use of Commercial Equipment in a Military Environment by Henk A. Klok

Megabits per Second on 50 Hz Power Lines? by Diethard Hansen

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