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forget about those pep numbers they are meaningless the transistor in that rfx is rated at 75 watts pep but will do it in average.every transistor i have had on the bench did its rated pep power in average power.no transistor ever on my bench did its pep rating but in fact usually will do 2-3x the pep rating.i have seen many meters that were labeled rms or peak that just means avg and pep but labeled different.i have folders full of spec sheets for transistors and if you forget those three little letters (pep)those spec sheets make a lot more sense but still seem a bit off.the average joe does not have a spectrum analyzer on the bench for testing but usually have a good set of meters.i have seen that most meters are pretty accurate at measuring average power but almost all are extremely not accurate at measuring pep. as doc w5lz stated if you like the meter to bounce all over than pep is for you.

<blockquote data-quote="1342" data-source="post: 228221" data-attributes="member: 7583"><p>forget about those pep numbers they are meaningless the transistor in that rfx is rated at 75 watts pep but will do it in average.every transistor i have had on the bench did its rated pep power in average power.no transistor ever on my bench did its pep rating but in fact usually will do 2-3x the pep rating.i have seen many meters that were labeled rms or peak that just means avg and pep but labeled different.i have folders full of spec sheets for transistors and if you forget those three little letters (pep)those spec sheets make a lot more sense but still seem a bit off.the average joe does not have a spectrum analyzer on the bench for testing but usually have a good set of meters.i have seen that most meters are pretty accurate at measuring average power but almost all are extremely not accurate at measuring pep. as doc w5lz stated if you like the meter to bounce all over than pep is for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="1342, post: 228221, member: 7583"] forget about those pep numbers they are meaningless the transistor in that rfx is rated at 75 watts pep but will do it in average.every transistor i have had on the bench did its rated pep power in average power.no transistor ever on my bench did its pep rating but in fact usually will do 2-3x the pep rating.i have seen many meters that were labeled rms or peak that just means avg and pep but labeled different.i have folders full of spec sheets for transistors and if you forget those three little letters (pep)those spec sheets make a lot more sense but still seem a bit off.the average joe does not have a spectrum analyzer on the bench for testing but usually have a good set of meters.i have seen that most meters are pretty accurate at measuring average power but almost all are extremely not accurate at measuring pep. as doc w5lz stated if you like the meter to bounce all over than pep is for you. [/QUOTE]

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