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[AMPS] PEP philosophy

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Subject: [AMPS] PEP philosophy
From: fisher@pldi.net (Fisher)
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 01:57:00 -0000
Hi Ron K5BDJ & all -


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From: rb <rbigg@pcola.gulf.net>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 9:22 PM
Subject: [AMPS] PEP philosophy


>
> Lu wrote:
>
> <For the FCC PEP rule, Part 97.3 defines PEP as "The average power
supplied
> to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during one RF cycle at
the
> crest of the modulation envelope taken under normal operating
conditions.">
> and
>
> <To me there has to be 2 or
> more values in order for an average to be relevant.  A point (eg., a peak)
> is only 1 and if they (the writers of the rule) were in fact referring to
a
> peak then they would have left out the reference to average.>
>
> Sure gotta agree with you on that one.  If the FCC rule quote is correct,

 the FCC quote is correct - assuming, that is, the ARRL got it right.  I
copied and pasted it directly from their website


> then your comment is too.  The FCC quote is a logical inconsistency.  This
> is a little nit-picky,

The problem to me is not that it is or is not picky - it is that I don't
know what they mean.  Once I know what they mean, then I'll know if it is
picky or not.  What do they mean?


> but that's what we're doing in this discussion
> anyway.  There can't be an average when we're talking about moving time
> lines, and one singular point value is taken.
>
> 73 de Ron, K5BDJ
>
>

73 Lu K5YP



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