Chapter 15

Mystery EMI: Rusty Downspouts and All That

This chapter deals with some of the EMI oddities that I’ve seen or heard about over the years. One of the things that comes along with radio communications is electromagnetic interference (EMI), and the necessity for electronic products (communications and otherwise) to possess electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). It’s not always so easy. The problems of EMI/EMC afflict all communications: commercial, governmental, citizens band, and amateur radio. It’s one of the things these services have in common.

Over the years I’ve serviced a lot of different problems of EMI/EMC, including residential, business, industrial, and mobile. Some of them are pretty funny.

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