Ken Javor

Ken Javor is a Senior Contributor to In Compliance Magazine and has worked in the EMC industry for over 40 years. Javor is an industry representative to the Tri-Service Working Groups that maintain MIL-STD-464 and MIL-STD-461. He can be reached at ken.javor@emccompliance.com.
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Standards and Regulations

MIL-STD-461H: A Review

MIL-STD-461H dropped in April 2026 with no new requirements and no new test equipment — so what changed? Ken Javor breaks down every substantive update, and why most of them exist to stop EMC lawyers from gaming the standard.
Testing

EMC Archaeology: A Tale of Two Meters

Of Decibels and Centibels, and EMC Engineers in a Row The ubiquitous 41” rod antenna...
Testing

(Re)Discovering the Lost Science of Near-Field Measurements, Part 4

This is the fourth and final article in our series commemorating 70 years since the advent of modern EMC testing.
Testing

Journey to the Center of the Dipole

The electrical engineering sub-discipline of electromagnetic compatibility has been described as the study of second-order effects that were ignored in college.
Testing

(Re)Discovering the Lost Science of Near-Field Measurements, Part 2

This article is the third in a series commemorating 70 years since the advent of modern EMI testing.
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Testing

(Re)Discovering the Lost Science of Near-Field Measurements – Part 1

This article is the third in a series commemorating 70 years since the advent of modern EMI testing. But this last article is itself divided into multiple parts, due to the topic’s complexity.
Testing

Line Impedance Stabilization is in its Seventieth Year and Still Going Strong

The second in a series of articles commemorating the 70th anniversary of the inception of modern EMI requirements and test methods
Testing

Seventy Years of Electromagnetic Interference Control in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Ships and Spaceships, as well)

The first in a multi-part series of articles exploring the background of modern electromagnetic interference (EMI) requirements and test methods covers general topics.
Testing

Tailoring Safety Into Audio Frequency Power-Line Susceptibility Testing

Solar Electronics founder Al Parker used to say about EMI testing, “There’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Here are a couple more.
Fundamentals

RF Tech Tip: BNC Versus Threaded Connectors

The shielding performance of bayonet vs. threaded connectors is measured and some possibly surprising conclusions are drawn. Bayonet connectors – more useful than you might think.
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