[Amps] Peak Power

[Vic K2VCO]

Robert B. Bonner wrote:

> All I
> can suggest is if there's a knock at your door...  The loading control goes
> to ZERO and the exciter power control goes to zero too.

That wouldn't help.

The procedure they followed way back when they cared about this kind of 
thing was to make a field strength measurement out in the street.  Then 
they went into the station and had the operator load the transmitter to 
produce the same field strength, at which point they measured input 
power (that was the rule then).  Now they could just look at their Bird 
at that point.

It's much easier than measuring input power, which could be complicated 
if the wily ham had deliberately inaccurate metering in his rig.
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco