Although
there are other EMC facilities in South Africa, the EMC facility at ISSA
offers a unique capability to the industry in terms of the range of testing
which can be performed locally. (Other such facilities do exist abroad.)
Due to the limited space industry in South Africa, the space related facilities
such as the thermal vacuum chamber and satellite integration chamber are
used very infrequently. Others such as the Vibration and 3-D Measurement
facilities are also utilized but not so extensively.
The performance of EMC testing
for commercial clients.
The
development of a capability for the modelling of RF systems
for EMC testing in order to support the EMC testing capability.
Setting
up a software station for frequency spectrum management at ISSA
and supporting DOC with technical research on issues relating
to frequency spectrum matters as required.