I am focusing on the pulsed klystrons in the NEXRAD weather and TDWR stations
On Thursday, December 12, 2013, Chris Zell wrote: > ERP is not the same thing as raw wattage 'into the waveguide'. It > involves antenna gain and the transmitter output can be much smaller. > > Many TV stations saw huge reductions in energy use after the digital > transition. With analog, you needed a really strong signal to look good. > With digital, you either get a perfect picture or no picture at all. > > Cell transmitters can be relatively small for this reason ( compared to an > analog transmission). I wouldn't worry about RF generally except to the > extent that people have a transmitter (cell phone) on their person. > > >
