[AMRadio] AM power

[Ron Youvan]

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Rob Atkinson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Ron Youvan<ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com>  wrote:
>
>>    If you wish to be legal and push it to the limit you can buy a peak reading Wattmeter.
>
> You've got to be kidding me.  I like the LED wattbars myself.  Those
> are so accurate.
>
>
>> The 375 Watts is a "guide line" not any limit, it tells you where you should be when setting up your
>> output power.  ( B 4 you start yelling CQ CQ CQ CQ)
>>
>
> Show me the exact quote in Part 97 that mentions 375 watts and that it
> is a "guideline."
>
>>    The FCC allows broadcasters a +10% and a -20% tolerances, but if your calibration is certain to
>> only 5% your limits are -5% and - 15%.
>
> I'm not interested in what broadcasters do here.  This is ham radio.
> There are some differences:
> We use shortwaves.  We have to receive as well as transmit.  We can
> and usually wish to cover a wide range of frequencies; not transmit on
> only one.
> I could go on, but I hope these key points indicate that this isn't
> broadcasting that we're discussing.
>
>
>>    If the FCC gave HAMs a tolerances factor HAMs would tend to over do everything by that much more,
>> it's human nature.
>
> Subjective opinion posing as fact.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>