No, I bet you could run twice the legal power for years and no one would know... After all, how can you tell the difference between a good antenna or twice the power?
Brett ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Chester" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM IARU Region 2 Bandplan >> 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
