Specialists in Radio Testing internationally

Our Radio Testing services help you meet international wireless regulations, testing radio equipment products to support UKCA marking under the UK Radio Equipment Regulations, CE marking in Europe under RED, FCC (USA) and ISED (Canada).

Radio Testing

RN Electronics - the route to compliance for your radio products, including Wi-Fi, Radio and Telecoms equipment.

Given the vast array of electronic products containing radio devices being placed on the worldwide market it is essential to comply with the complex regulations that vary from region to region. At RN we have vast experience in ensuring legal compliance to meet local wireless regulations and our knowledgeable engineers are experts in radio/wireless product testing, including RF design troubleshooting, certifications/approvals and antenna testing.

Our product testing can help you meet key requirements to support the UKCA marking under the UK Radio Equipment Regulations, CE marking in Europe under the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) 2014/53/EU, FCC (USA) and ISED (Canada). Many other countries can be covered with the same standards, so please make contact for advice on specific countries.

Our testing covers many common radio technologies used in a wide range of products. These radio technologies include:

Bluetooth – Classic (with EDR) and Low Energy
Wi-Fi – 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN
ZigBee – DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum)
Short Range Devices (SRD) – Including Z-Wave, RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification), Induction Loop, Land Mobile Service (Analogue and Digital), Near-field Communication (NFC)
mmWave (Millimetre Wave) – Including wireless systems such as mmWave backhaul
Satellite Positioning – GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)
GPS and Cellular Technologies – Including GSM 2G/3G/LTE/4G in base stations and repeaters
Private Mobile Radio (PMR) – This is also a requirement for marine radio and fixed link equipment

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Radio Standards

Application Radio Standards EMC Standards  Safety Standards
Land Mobile Radio (Analogue Speech) EN 300 086 EN 301 489-5  
Land Mobile Radio (Transmission of data and/or speech) EN 300 113 EN 301 489-5  
Land Mobile Radio (CB Radio) EN 300 135 EN 301 489-13  
Land Mobile Radio Equipment transmitting signals to initiate a specific response in the receiver EN 300 219    
Short Range Devices (SRD) 25 MHz - 1000 MHz EN 300 220 EN 301 489-3   
On-site Paging Service EN 300 224 EN 301 489-2   
Survival craft portable VHF radio telephone apparatus  EN 300 225    
Land Mobile Radio (Integral antennas, Analogue speech) EN 300 296 EN 301 489-5   
Wideband Data 2.4 GHz ISM band  EN 300 328 EN 301 489-17   
Short Range Devices (SRD) 9 kHz - 25 MHz & Inductive loop systems 9 kHz - 30 MHz EN 300 330 EN 301 489-3   
Land Mobile Radio Integral antenna transmitting signals to initiate a specific response in the receiver  EN 300 341    
Land Mobile Radio Transmission of data (and speech), Integral antenna  EN 300 390  EN 301 489-5  
Wireless microphones 25 MHz - 3 GHz  EN 300 422  EN 301 489-9   
Land Mobile Radio Double Side Band (DSB) and/or Single Side Band (SSB)  EN 300 433    
Short Range Devices (SRD) 1 GHz - 40 GHz  EN 300 440  EN 301 489-3

EN 50371,
EN 50364 
Wide band audio links  EN 300 454  EN 301 489-9   
Ground-based VHF hand-held, mobile and fixed radio transmitters, receivers and transceivers EN 300 676-2    
Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) on-board vessels communications systems and equipment EN 300 720    
Fixed Radio Systems Point-to-Multipoint  EN 301 126-2-3    
Land Mobile Radio Analogue and/or digital communication (speech and/or data)  EN 301 166     
Portable Very High Frequency (VHF) radiotelephone equipment for the maritime mobile service operating in the VHF bands (for non-GMDSS applications only) EN 301 178    
Cordless audio devices in the range 25 MHz - 2000 MHz  EN 301 357  EN 301 489-9  
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Satellite Interactive Terminals (SIT) & Satellite User Terminals (SUT) 27.5 GHz - 29.5 GHz  EN 301 360     
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) EN 301 406 EN 301 489-6   
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Low data rate Land Mobile satellite Earth Stations (LMES) and Maritime Mobile satellite Earth Stations (MMES) 1.5/1.6 GHz EN 301 426    
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Low data rate Mobile satellite Earth Stations (MESs) 11/12/14 GHz EN 301 427    
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT); Transmit-only, transmit/receive or receive-only satellite earth stations 11/12/14 GHz  EN 301 428     
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Satellite News Gathering Transportable Earth Stations (SNG TES) 11-12/13-14 GHz EN 301 430    
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Mobile Earth Stations (MESs), including handheld earth stations, for Satellite Personal Communications Networks (S-PCN) in the 1,6/2,4 GHz  EN 301 441     
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Mobile Earth Stations (MESs), including handheld earth stations, for Satellite Personal Communications Networks (S-PCN) 2 GHz  EN 301 442     
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT); Transmit-only, transmit-and-receive, receive-only satellite earth stations 4 GHz and 6 GHz EN 301 443    
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Land Mobile Earth Stations (LMES) operating in the 1.5 GHz and 1.6 GHz EN 301 444    
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES); Satellite Interactive Terminals (SIT) and Satellite User Terminals (SUT) 29.5 GHz - 30.0 GHz EN 301 459    
ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 1: Common technical requirements EN 301 489-1    
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Mobile Earth Stations (MESs) of Geostationary mobile satellite systems, including handheld earth stations, for Satellite Personal Communications Networks (S-PCN) 1,5/1,6 GHz EN 301 681    
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES) Mobile Earth Stations (MES) providing Low Bit Rate Data Communications (LBRDC) using Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites operating below 1 GHz EN 301 721    
Land Mobile Services Commercial amateur radio equipment  EN 301 783  EN 301 489-15   
CT1 and CT1+ cordless telephone equipment  EN 301 796     
CT2 cordless telephone equipment EN 301 797    
Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN); 5 GHz high performance RLAN EN 301 893    
Transmitting equipment for the Frequency Modulated (FM) sound broadcasting service EN 302 018   EN 60215, EN 50385
Wireless Video Links (WVL) 1.3 GHz - 50 GHz EN 302 064 EN 301 489-28   
Short Range Devices (SRD) using Ultra Wide Band technology (UWB) EN 302 065    
Ground- and Wall- Probing Radar applications (GPR/WPR) imaging systems EN 302 066 EN 301 489-33  
Fixed Radio Systems Point to point equipment and antennas EN 302 217-2-2 EN 301 489-4  EN 60215, EN 50385 
Fixed Radio Systems Digital Multipoint Equipment and Antennas  EN 302 326  EN 301 489-4  
Transmitting equipment for the digital television broadcast service, Terrestrial (DVB-T)  EN 302 296     
Transmitting equipment for the analogue television broadcasting service EN 302 297    
Wireless Access Systems (WAS); 5,8 GHz fixed broadband data transmitting systems EN 302 502 EN 301 489-17  
Short Range Devices (SRD); Tank Level Probing Radar (TLPR) equipment operating in the frequency ranges 4,5 GHz to 7 GHz, 8,5 GHz to 10,6 GHz, 24,05 GHz to 27 GHz, 57 GHz to 64 GHz, 75 GHz to 85 GHz EN 303 372    
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES); Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers EN 303 413 EN 301 489-19  
Fixed Microwave Services FCC Part 101    
Radio Frequency Devices FCC Part 15    
Radio Frequency Devices; Unintentional Radiators FCC Part 15B    
Radio Frequency Devices; Intentional Radiators FCC Part 15C    
Industrial, Scientific, and Medical equipment (ISM) FCC Part 18    
Public mobile services (air-ground radiotelephone, commercial aviation air ground service, cellular, offshore radiotelephone service, rural radiotelephone service, and commercial paging). FCC Part 22    
Personal Communications Services (PCS) FCC Part 24    
Satellite Communications FCC Part 25    
Miscellaneous Wireless Communications Service FCC Part 27    
Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service FCC Part 30    
Radio Broadcast Services FCC Part 73    
Experimental Radio, Auxiliary, Special broadcast and other Program distributional services. FCC Part 74    
Private Land Mobile Radio Services (PLMRS) FCC Part 90    
Personal Radio Services (PRS) FCC Part 95    
Citizens Broadband Radio Service FCC Part 96    
Amateur Radio Service (ham radio) FCC Part 97    
Spectrum management and telecommunications policy; Information technology equipment (ITE) ICES-003    
Radio Transmitters and Receivers Operating in the Land Mobile and Fixed Services 27.41 MHz - 960 MHz RSS-119    
Licensed Low-Power Radio Apparatus RSS-123    
Licence-exempt Radio Apparatus RSS-210    
Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequency Hopping Systems (FHSs) and Licence-Exempt Local Area Network (LE-LAN) Devices RSS-247    
General Requirements for Compliance of Radio Apparatus RSS-GEN    

 

Measurement Procedures Standards
Land Mobile FM or PM Communications Equipment Measurement and Performance Standards TIA-603-D
American National Standard of Procedures for Compliance Testing of Unlicensed Wireless Devices ANSI C63.10



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Radio Accreditations

• A UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 2360 to ISO 17025:2017

• Accredited by the FCC for the US market (Registration No.293246) and ISED (formerly Industry Canada) in Canada (registered under site Nos. 5612A-1, 5612A-2, 5612A-3 and 5612A-4)

• Recognised as a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) by the FCC (USA)

• Designated to perform compliance testing on equipment subject to SDoC under Parts 15B and 18 of the FCC’s Rules

Accreditations

Radio Tests and Standards

Transmitter tests
• RF Output Power
• Power Spectral Density
• Spectrum Emission Mask
• Occupied Channel Bandwidth
• Frequency Stability / Error
• Radiated Band Edge
• Duty Cycle
• Modulation Bandwidth
• Transmitter unwanted emissions in the out-of-band or spurious Domain

Receiver tests
• Sensitivity
• Adjacent Channel / Frequency Band Selectivity
• Receiver Spurious Emissions
• Receiver Intermodulation
• Blocking

Radio Standards

Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU) / Radio Equipment Regulations

The Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU) has been in force since June 2016. From June 2017 onwards Radio Equipment placed on the European Market must comply with the Radio Equipment Directive (RED).

Compliance with the Radio Equipment Regulations for UKCA marking will be required, however in most cases it will be possible to use CE marking until 31 December 2021. From 1 January 2022 it will be necessary to use UKCA marking and Declarations of Conformity (DoC) to UK Radio Equipment Regulations.

Certification with the FCC / ISED

Electrical equipment marketed in the USA and Canada requires authorisation. There are two authorisation routes, SDoC and Certification. We can support these routes to compliance, including certification with the FCC and / or ISED.

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RN Electronics - Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing, UK Test Lab - EMC testing for all European and worldwide test standards.

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