[UK-CONTEST] Quest for QRO

[Paul O'Kane]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian White GM3SEK" <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>

> 100W of carrier with 100% high-level AM equates exactly to 400W PEP.
> The person to thank for getting that right - and making sure RSGB
> and the licensing authority got it right too - was G2DAF.

I'm impresssed, but that is far from the full story.

What I would like to know is why, exactly, did the permitted
power on CW change overnight from 100w PEP (nominally equivalent
to 150w DC input on CW) to 400w PEP?

After all, it was not considered to be a general increase in
power.  Therefore, it must be related to the change in definition
of power.  Therefore, someone was conned, and it wasn't the
amateurs - we were laughing all the way to our linear amps  :-)

73,
Paul EI5DI