Cecil Moore wrote:

On the 5 MHz thing, since a dipole is almost 100% efficient,
does the 50 watt rule mean radiated power? Can I run 500 watts
mobile if my mobile antenna is 9% efficient?

That would appear to be the case:

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/reg...faq.html#three

73 ... WA7AA


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