Thread: calibration
View Single Post
  #5   Report Post  
Old October 17th 07, 01:53 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by RadioBanter: Mar 2007
Posts: 3,521
Default calibration

Denny wrote:
Who's this Theta broad you keep bringing up?


In power engineering, the Greek letter, Theta,
is usually used to denote the phase angle between
the voltage and the current. V*I*cos(theta) are
the watts, i.e. real power. V*I*sin(theta) are
the vars, i.e. reactive volt-amps.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com