Oh gawd, I hate to get into these mud brawls BUT...
The regs were quoted a couple of messages back and it says - exerpted:
1. 50 watts ERP
2. And defines a dipole as shall be considered 0 dBd for the purposes
of this regulation in defining ERP (as opposed to the usual 6.14 dBi
over average ground)...

Now, typical of anything the feds define, it will be unintelligible...
It is clear to me that the intent was to define the dipole as having a
power gain of 1 (one) for the purposes of defining what constitutes 50
ERP when driven with 50 watts...

So, one might assume that it means that 50 watts into a dipole is
considered 50 ERP - but it does not say that,,, It says for regulatory
purposes that the power gain of a dipole is considered to be ZERO...

Which means - as I my math teacher proved - that 50 X 0 = 0 - per
the regulation...
Given that the regs define the output of a dipole on 60 meters to be 0
ERP you can run 50 watts into any antenna with a power gain of 50 OVER
A DIPOLE to meet the maximum allowed ERP... (which is why lawyers
make a living)

denny - k8do