> I have enough of a time keeping the BEASTs reined in at 1500W PEP. If I > set the microphone resting current at the specified in the TM at 40ma, > the darn thing WILL hit 2500W PEP. >
There is nothing in Part 97 that says we even have to have instruments capable of measuring PEP. They specifically deleted the provision requiring accurate power measuring instruments when they changed the power limit rules, because in the Report and Order they admitted that many hams would not be able to ACCURATELY measure output power. If you are worried about the power you are running, just keep the DC input at 500 watts or less, or if you think you have good accurate rf power output measuring capability, run the carrier at 375 watts output. Check the envelope pattern on a scope to make sure the negative peaks don't go over 100% and that the positive peaks don't flat-top, and run the modulation as high as you can while still avoiding those extremes. I can't see why some people are so nit-picky. If your signal is clean, nobody is going to come busting down your door because an occasional voice peak exceeded a certain limit. Don k4kyv _______________________________________________________________ This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
