[AMPS] PEP philosophy

[Ian White, G3SEK]

measures wrote:
>Indeed. PEP is not peak power, it is RMS power at the modulation peak.

>IOW, the limit is effectively 3000w peak,

There's no such thing as "peak power" because the power must be averaged
over the whole RF cycle. You can't go peak-pickin' within the cycle.

73 from Ian G3SEK          Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
                          'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
                           http://www.ifwtech.demon.co.uk/g3sek

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