[Amps] Where is power measured ?

[Roger D Johnson]

On 4/6/2011 8:11 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> Someone mentioned that in the US, the power is measured at the back of the amp.
> Your rules don't stipulate where it's actually measured.  Dave Leeson, and other's,
> contacted FCC officials, and the FCC said it was reasonable to measure the power at the
> load, IE: ant feed-point.  US broadcast TX are measured at the feed-point, or close to it, not the
> output of the amp at base of tower.
>
FCC rules 97.313

(b) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 1.5 kW PEP

73, Roger