[600MRG] Finding Simple 630m EIRP Formulas

[sbjohnston at aol.com]

I used W0YSE's spreadsheet calculator (thanks Neil!).  I confirmed it's results with the several online calculator webpages - all were in the same "ballpark" (a watt or two) which in my view is good enough for this work.  His method is described at


http://w0yse.webs.com/wg2xsvpage.htm

I rely on calibrated thermocouple ammeters to measure antenna base current, and a tape measure to determine the lengths.  Everything else is an educated guess.  So many assumptions are involved in predicting amateur station performance (biggest of all is the near-field environment) that I feel this whole business should be considered just an estimate.



Steve WD8DAS / WH2XHY

sbjohnston at aol.com
http://www.wd8das.net/
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