[Amps] Time for New Power Meter

Bill Turner dezrat at outlook.com
Mon May 4 02:53:31 EDT 2015


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On Mon, 04 May 2015 02:24:56 -0400, K8RI wrote:

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>Measuring the temperature rise in a known quantity of water with a known 
>heat loss is limited by the system's heat loss.  Water is straight 
>forward as an instrument as 1 calorie will raise the temperature of 1cc 
>or gram of water 1 deg C.  (I'd have to look up the number of joules 
>required)      You can graph the heat rise vs time, and or reach 
>equilibrium at a given heat loss (the temp of a given volume of cooling 
>water at a given rate.  Then you are limited by how accurately you can 
>measure the flow and temp.

REPLY:

That method will work but for our purposes it's probably overkill.  An
easier and quicker way is to measure the hear rise with the unknown RF
and again with known DC or low frequency AC. When you get the heat
rise the same, you have your answer. 

Technique is important, mainly in keeping the environmental conditions
the same between tests. Same room temp, same room air circulation,
etc. You don't even need a particularly accurate thermometer, just as
long as it is repeatable, which most are. 

73, Bill W6WRT


73, Bill W6WRT


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