The Basic lessons · Regulations and policies · B-001-025

Resolving Interference: Who is Responsible?

Learn how Canadian rules decide if your radio signal or a neighbour's faulty equipment causes interference. Understand the difference between radio-sensitive and associated devices to know when you must fix the problem.

This lesson is part of SignalPrep Pro. The subsection's 4 exam questions are free to practise: practise B-001-025.

What this subsection asks

• Your neighbour's stereo system malfunctions when you are transmitting. What provision in Electromagnetic Compatibility Advisory Bulletin EMCAB-2 deems the stereo system's lack of immunity is the cause?
• Your neighbour's television receiver malfunctions when you are transmitting. What provision in Electromagnetic Compatibility Advisory Bulletin EMCAB-2 deems your transmission is the cause?
• When determining the field strength criterion per Electromagnetic Compatibility Advisory Bulletin EMCAB-2, what type of equipment describes devices often used in home entertainment systems, but not strictly speaking radio apparatus?
• Your neighbour complains that your transmissions interfere with their garage door opener. When determining the applicable field strength criterion in Electromagnetic Compatibility Advisory Bulletin EMCAB-2, what type of equipment is the garage door opener?