[Amps] "10 Meter Ban" to be lifted ...

[Gary Schafer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Tom W8JI
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 8:27 PM
> To: 'AMPS'
> Subject: Re: [Amps] "10 Meter Ban" to be lifted ...
> 
> > You could actually run much higher peak envelope output
> > power under the old
> > rules than you can today. With the new rules we lost
> > ground on the power we
> > are allowed to run. Few realized what really happened as
> > few understood the
> > relationship between peak envelope power and average as
> > read on the meter.
> 
> How do you figure that?

There was no limit on the peak envelope power we were allowed to run; only a
limit on the average power as read on the plate meters.

Peak envelope power can range from 5 to 10 times or greater than the average
power we see on the plate meter with voice.

73
Gary  K4FMX