[AMRadio] AM power

[Geoff Edmonson]

On 06/18/2011 08:04 PM, Ron Youvan wrote:
>     If you wish to be legal and push it to the limit you can buy a peak reading Wattmeter.
> The 375 Watts is a "guide line"

It's not even that.  The legal output is 1500w PEP, period.

Mathematically, 375w of output carrier will develop 1500w PEP output, if 
you modulate a single tone to 100%.

We simply do not talk in single-tone sine-waves.

If you're really like an education in this subject, go here and read
http://www.qsl.net/wa5bxo/asyam/aam3.html