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Report9448
| | Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2003 - 12:13 pm: | 
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While shopping for different radios, I keep running across different ratings of power. Explain what they mean and how that is formulated.
30 watts RF output power
40 watts PEP
10 watts DC carrier
10 watts Peak Power
40 watts RMS
The amount of wattage is irrevelant---I just want to know how one compares with the other. Is it kinda like measuring the power of boat motors heh?
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Tech833
| | Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2003 - 4:25 pm: |
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The amount of wattage is exactly what they are talking about.
30 watts RF output power means just that.
40 watts PEP means Peak Envelope Power (positive peaks)
10 watts DC carrier means 10 watts w/o modulation
10 watts peak power is the same as 10 watts PEP
40 watts RMS means 40 watts average power. |
Report9448
| | Posted on Monday, June 02, 2003 - 6:57 pm: |
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Okay Tech833 Thanks--now here's another. I purchased a Magnum Maverick A24 from copper and they did the peak n' tune. My power meter is reading +-10% 40 watts on low power and 150 watts on high power. One tech in a private e-mail told me I had something screwed up. However I have talked locally over 30 miles with a lil wil antenna on a jeep cherokee. All I get is awesome reports. Thanks for your time and is that kind of power real or not? |
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