[SADXA] 30M question

[Tom Kramer]

Sadly too many interpret PEP to mean Push Everything at it Power!  Often hear a station calling DX at S7 then a moment later to be S9+20!   Just my .02$ .

NQ7R
On 5/10/2020 9:52:58 AM, Jim W <wysocki1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
On 5/10/2020 7:16 AM, Jim KF7E wrote:
> GM Bill:
>
> I believe the ITUs World Administrative Radio Conference in 1979
> created the 12, 17, 30m bands, and the implementation of allowable
> modes and power was left up to the countries comprising ITU Zones 1,2,3.
>
> USA (ITU Region 2) adopted the 200w PEP output limit out of
> consideration for interference to other (primary) users still
> operating there at the time of adoption.
>
> Jim KF7E
>
>
> On 10-May-20 06:21, Bill Mullin wrote:
>> I have a question for the low band guru's among us - why is there a
>> 200W limit on this band?
>>
>> 73, Bill AA4M
>>
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I think Jim meant to say ERP (Effective Radiated Power) rather than PEP
(Peak Envelope Power).

73, Jim W9FI

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