It's important to remember that RF power expressed in watts is always based on RMS values. If RF watts are calculated by measuring the voltage across a known load, the voltage must be expressed as an RMS value to correctly calculate the power in watts. Watts are watts. There is no such thing as "peak to peak" or "RMS watts" when expressing RF power in watts.
Peak envelope power (PEP) has nothing to do with the difference between the peak and average voltage of a sine wave. It is the measure of the power of an RF signal at the modulation peak, averaged over one RF cycle. The power measurement within that one RF cycle is still based on RMS values.
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