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[AMPS] Re: Antenna System power ratings

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Subject: [AMPS] Re: Antenna System power ratings
From: John_Nelson@compuserve.com (John Nelson)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:59:38 -0400
Message text written by Jon Ogden

>I am sure it was just into a dummy load....No, wait a minute, he was
talking about currents on an antenna.......

Yes. Peter's been caught 'bang to rights', as the UK criminal fraternity is
supposed to say when arrested  :)

Oh....who measures power anyhow??? :-)<

We're supposed to measure it at the feedpoint of the antenna, although I
don't know anyone who actually does that. My waking nightmare is that one
day a licensing authority somewhere in the world will start applying power
limits across the board in terms of ERP. This was done in the UK when we
first acquired a 50MHz allocation, although for good reasons of protection
to other services at the time. 

John Nelson
GW4FRX   

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