[AMRadio] AM power

[Geoff Edmonson]

On 06/18/2011 09:39 PM, Gary Schafer wrote:
> For those that wonder how PEP is found, you do so by adding voltages in the
> carrier with the voltage in the applied audio. Since 100% modulation is the
> doubling of the plate supply voltage which causes the plate current to also
> double (2x2=4) this is where the 4 times PEP comes from.
>

Which is true if you're modulating the carrier with a single-tone 
sinusoidal wave.

that's not what comes out of our mouths.

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-Geoff/W5OMR