Hi Ron K5BDJ & all -
----- Original Message -----
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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