Jay, With the oven and several burners going, I get a lot of short impulse noise when the thermostats open and close. Am experimenting with applying the "-b" blanker lightly to improve copy. Yes, this is the normal transmitting setup, with the Kohler/Ashlock/Andrews PA described on my web site out at the antenna. Readings are all normal, so it's very close to 1 watt input. John