Spurious radiation

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Radiation at a frequency or at frequencies outside the necessary band, the level of which may be reduced without affecting the corresponding transmission of information. Spurious radiation includes harmonic radiation, parasitic radiation, and unwanted intermodulation products which are remote from the necessary band.

Reference: C.C.I.R. (modified)

Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)

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