Oh boy now there's a question!!!

My answer is that there is no simple calculaltion

Note:

In calculating power at 60 Hz it is easy since we are dealing with a sine
wave. At RF frequencies the wave is complex and not readily amenable to
calculation

Line losses get in the way especially if antenna is not perfectly resonating

Antenna resonance affects the radiated power

Antenna gain gets in the way

With a perfect transmission line and 1:1 antenna gain I vaguely recall
someone telling me the effective radiated power for a 100 watt SSB
tranxmission was in the range of 20 wattas but my memory may be defective

I am sure others are more knowledgable than I

George Fanjoy VE3PEB
Toronto 416 207 0797
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----- Original Message -----
From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: calculating Effective Radiated Power


> Hi everyone. I am just wondering if anyone knows the correct formula for
> calculating the Effective Radiated Power?  I have the things I n  need,
but
> it is just working with numbers.  There are some problems I am getting
> close to the answer, but not the correct answer.  Any help would be
> appreciated, and thanks in advance.
>