[Amps] MEASURING RF POWER

[Gary Smith]

My .twenty-five cents worth: I see this forum as a "learning place" for me. There have been some way-over-my-head opinions and mathematical formulas expressed here that I do not need and probably will never understand.  

However... it is nice to know there is a place (this one) where I can go and ask my "dumb" questions and get an answer from someone (many someones, if you will pardon me) who is willing to take their time to answer them in a manner that will not only give me the knowledge I was seeking, and  maybe in time I too can pass on this valuable (to me) knowledge to someone who had no idea as to where to look for an answer.

None of us were born as smart as we are today. And if I wanted a "quiet" place, I'd go live in a cave with no electricity.

My only grump is that I would like to meet those who have given to me their time and knowledge so that I could thank them personally.

Keep up the noise (raise it to a din, eh?) such racket keeps my gray (grey for the British learned members of this forum) matter from turning black and therefore becoming unusable.

As for how rf power is measured,  although I favor a Bird 43 or instruments that use a similar circuit, I now know there are many many different ways to measure and calculate it.  

73 and a good Easter to all,

Gary... wa6fgi

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: G3rzp at aol.com 
  To: garyschafer at comcast.net ; zl1bhq at paradise.net.nz 
  Cc: amps at contesting.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 12:22 AM
  Subject: Re: [Amps] MEASURING RF POWER



  In a message dated 27/03/2005 04:33:13 GMT Standard Time,  
  garyschafer at comcast.net writes:

  Or maybe  some would just like it quiet with no discussions at  all?



  Or maybe anything other than a very basic simplified answer is too advanced  
  for some people? Far more advanced fora than this have spent a much longer 
  time  discussing the measurement of RF power - and other parameters.
   
  73
   
  Peter G3RZP
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