Prev: 1989 Buick Park Avenue instrument cluster not working
Next: visit to succeed
From: Scott Dorsey on 30 Mar 2010 15:50
In article <5ff0cebe-f6cf-424f-97b4-0e0890e6f117(a)i5g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>,
Mark <makolber(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> The AM limit is measured as carrier power, so if you're doing a nice 100%
>> modulation then the peak envelope power is actually eight watts because the
>> positive signal peaks are twice the carrier level and the negative peaks
>> are zero.
>
>Drifting a bit OT, but at 100% AM modulation the PEP is actually 4x
>the unmodulated carrier power. A 100 Watt AM tranamitter at 100%
>modulation hits 400 Watts PEP.

Ergh, you're right! Voltage vs. power...
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
First  |  Prev  | 
Pages: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Prev: 1989 Buick Park Avenue instrument cluster not working
Next: visit to succeed