1 Scope
This part of CISPR 16 is a collection of technical reports (Clause 4) that serve as background and supporting information for the various other standards
and technical reports in CISPR 16 series. In addition, background information is provided
on the history of CISPR, as well as a historical reference on the measurement of interference
power from household and similar appliances in the VHF range (Clause 5).
Over the years, CISPR prepared a number of recommendations and reports that have significant
technical merit but were not generally available. Reports and recommendations were
for some time published in CISPR 7 and CISPR 8.
At its meeting in Campinas, Brazil, in 1988, CISPR subcommittee A agreed on the table
of contents of CISPR 16-3, and to publish the reports for posterity by giving the
reports a permanent place in CISPR 16-3.
With the reorganization of CISPR 16 in 2003, the significance of CISPR limits material
was moved to CISPR 16-4-3, whereas recommendations on statistics of disturbance complaints
and on the report on the determination of limits were moved to CISPR 16-4-4:2007.
The contents of Amendment 1 (2002) of CISPR 16-3:2000 were moved to CISPR 16-4-1.
NOTE As a consolidated collection of independent technical reports, this document can contain
symbols that have differing meanings from one clause to the next. Attempts have been
made to minimize this to the extent possible at the time of editing.