[Lowfer] Hifer change?

[Ed Phillips]

John Andrews wrote:
> 
> As I understand it, the FCC has increased the limits in the 13 MHz ISM band
> to accomodate RF Tag manufacturers. The part that affects Hifers is:
> 
> (a) The field strength of any emissions within the band 13.553-13.567 MHz
> shall not exceed 15,848 microvolts/meter at 30 meters.
> 
> That's up from the present 10,000 uv/m at 30 meters. Since all boats rise
> with the tide, we get the benefit. The effective date will be 120 days after
> posting in the Federal Register, and I'm not sure if that has happened yet.
> Watch the LWCA site:
> http://lwca.org/  for information about the effective date.
> 
> John Andrews, W1TAG

	That seems like an awfully awkward way to state that they're upping the
limit by EXACTLY 2 dB.  Why not 16,000?  Silly and probably represents
some bureaucrat converting with a ridiculous number of significant
figures similar to what we now see with English/metric and
metric/English conversions.  One I see frequently in IEEE publications
is a reference to a "5.08cm x 1010.16cm" bar, which was probably a
reference to aq "2x4" which hasn't been 2" x 4" in recorded memory! 
Stupid editors probably prevail these days.  (I'm fighting with one now,
hence the harangue.)

Ed