[AMRadio] AM power

[Gary Schafer]

It doesn't matter what the modulation is. Single tone, two tone or voice.
100% positive modulation of a 375 watt carrier still comes out to 1500 watts
PEP.

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: amradio-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:amradio-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Geoff Edmonson
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 10:38 PM
> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM power
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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