[Amps] Time for New Power Meter

[Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO]

When they suspected someone of cheating, they would park their van 
outside his house and measure field strength. Then they would go inside 
and measure plate voltage and current (I presume with their own 
instruments). So if the guy reduced power they could compute how much he 
was running beforehand by the difference in field strength.

As to how they knew whom to check, I believe that they got tips from 
other hams. As I recall, many of these spot checks were during contests. 
I remember one guy busted for running 5 kW.

73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 4 May 2015 19:11, Al Kozakiewicz wrote:
> Given that the rule at the time was based on input power to the final
> stage, it begs the question of how could they possibly know without
> being in your shack?  Granted, enforcement then was a far cry from
> now with station audits not unusual.
>
> Today it's hard enough to get the FCC to enforce rules against
> deliberate interference.
>
> Al AB2ZY