But that high-level balanced modulator loophole was the
reason that the FCC went for the PEP measurement
technique in 1990. Theoretically, one could have used
a modulator from a 500,000 watt broadcast station on a
1KW upside-down tube final, and it would have been
legal. They couldn't have that! Darn it...
They could have gone with average (mean) power output, as read with a 0.25
second time-constant meter, and the power limit would have been relevant to
the actual signal strength, regardless of mode. That way we would have a
level playing field.
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