[Amps] Fw: transformers

[m.ford]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "m.ford" <k1ern at pioneerwireless.net>
To: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] transformers


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer at comcast.net>
> To: "'m.ford'" <k1ern at pioneerwireless.net>
> Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:59 AM
> Subject: RE: [Amps] transformers
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>>> Watts is Watts. You can re-visit the argument about rms vs average
>>> but in the end Watts is Watts. I think you are coming dangerously close
>>> to another term that is used in certain circles.  "talk power".
>>> 
>>> Mike k1ern
>> 
>> So you are telling us that peak power, peak envelope power and average power
>> all have the same meaning and are one and the same?
>> 
>> 73
>> Gary  K4FMX
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> Negative.  I am trying to make it clear to you that power is measured in Watts.
> I think Rich mentioned recently that one horsepower equals 746 Watts.
> 50 DBM is equal to 100 Watts. Where those Watts are in time and bandwidth
> or whatever term you use to describe what they are doing and how they are
> being dissipated is an entirely different subject. The unit of measurement for
> PEP, peak and average power is Watts.
> 
> Mike  k1ern
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