I think (?) I understand what Harold is talking about, sure is nice to have a
site where there is more that the usual chatter being tossed back and forth.
Fwiw, its gentlemen such are these on this forum from whom I learned my ham
radio electronics. Well above the usual jazz, but well worth the learning.
73,
Gary... wa6fgi
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony King - W4ZT
To: Amps@Contesting.com
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Measuring RF Power
Harold B. Mandel wrote:
><snip> PEP is different
>than RMS, and RMS is different than Average. <snip>
>
>
It may be worth mentioning that RMS is the usual method of defining a DC
equivalent which, given a pure waveform, will be about the same as the
average. With distorted waveforms RMS will not define the average
properly. I think that's where Harold was headed when pointing out that
measurement of the power in those systems is a completely different
animal than measuring our amateur amp power and requires the use of more
complex and expensive power measurement tools.
Thanks for the glimpse into the new world Harold!
73, Tony W4ZT
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