[rescue] OT: Linux and USB on Intel

Kevin Loch kloch at gurunet.net
Mon Apr 21 14:21:27 CDT 2003


Dave McGuire wrote:
>  > Under the old rules the limit was 1,000 watts input to the final 
> amplifying stage for CW. > Well, if you tuned up on the air, which 
> nobody ever did, the theory was that you
>  > calculated the power input from B+ voltage and total of grid and 
> plate current. At 65%
>  > efficiency you could legally pump 650 glorious hot watts into your 
> antenna. Halleluiah!


Aah, I see, supply power to the final stage, not "exciter power".
Yes, you are correct sir!  However, the current rules apply to
realized output RF power only.

KL


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