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

[Jim Tonne]

>>I believe that Bell Labs many years ago published that the ratio of 
>>average
>>to peak speech power was 15 or 16 db.

Correct.

[ snip ]

> Stick a modulation monitor on almost any US AM or FM broadcast
> station and you'll rarely see it get below 90% modulation!

That is peak - I mean peak instantaneous as in 50 microsecond charge
time for the timing capacitor.  This is a whole nuther number when
compared to average or RMS.  Lengthen that charge time out to 5 or
10 milliseconds and the meter will read far lower.

- JimT