[RTTY] Heathkit SB-1000 On RTTY

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE: 
On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:27:20 -0400, W4TV wrote:

>  By definition PEP can't be 100% duty cycle.

REPLY: 
Of course it can. You are confusing duty cycle with average power output. 

A two tone test signal with a certain PEP broadcast continuously is 100% duty
cycle.  The same two tone broadcast in an equal on/off manner would be 50% duty
cycle. The PEP is the same but the duty cycle is different. 

From Google definitions: "The cycle of operation of a machine or other device
that operates intermittently rather than continuously".  

For example if you transmit SSB voice continuously you are doing SSB at 100%
duty cycle. If you transmit SSB voice for ten seconds, listen for ten seconds
and then repeat over and over, you are doing SSB at 50% duty cycle. 

73, Bill W6WRT