> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Gudguyham@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:01 AM
> To: sm2ekm@telia.com
> Cc: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] PEP power..
>
>
> In a message dated 10/16/2006 12:47:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> sm2ekm@telia.com writes:
>
> peak envelope power (of a radio transmitter): The average power supplied
> to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during one radio
> frequency cycle at the crest of the modulation envelope taken under
> normal operating conditions
>
>
> This is a direct quote from the ARRL handbook which is always my source of
> information. Yes, during one cycle there can be many "spikes" but there
> is
> also many lower values too. Since the term is "envelope", I think they
> want us
> to consider the entire crest of the cycle as opposed to just any one
> spike.
> Therefore that is how I think the 2 to 1 ration was formed. Granted an
> SSB
> waveform is complex but maybe we are getting hung up on semantics as
> SK2EKM
> suggests. Lou
The 2:1 ratio of peak envelope power to average power is the relationship
that there is when modulating the transmitter with 2 equal amplitude tones.
That is the only time that relationship is present.
73
Gary K4FMX
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