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Science....I am going to hook this device up to a power meter and spectrum analyzer in an attempt to figure out its maximum linear output. I vape at a higher wattage than most high power amplifiers need in order to reach a satellite located more than 22k miles from earth...I will publish my results in the morning.
 

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Science....I am going to hook this device up to a power meter and spectrum analyzer in an attempt to figure out its maximum linear output. I vape at a higher wattage than most high power amplifiers need in order to reach a satellite located more than 22k miles from earth...I will publish my results in the morning.

You will likely need a waveguide antenna to make any sort of meaningful comparison. That, and a suitable flux capacitor. :thumb:
 

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RB will be set to 1/10 the span. I could put it through a slew of tests. Thermal EIRP, power stability, step side accuracy, harmonics, phase noise...and such. A can of worms has been opened.


Now that's what I'm Talking About!

Gimmie Charts and Graphs with Circles and Arrows in a Snazzy PowerPoint Slide Show.
 

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Now that's what I'm Talking About!

Gimmie Charts and Graphs with Circles and Arrows in a Snazzy PowerPoint Slide Show.

I have a standard report format I could use with pretty spectrum analyzer screen shots and sweet looking excel graphs and charts.
 
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Can you explain all of that in laymen terms to the rest of us? I want to be excited too, but have no idea what you are talking about. ;)

Basically I could characterize the performance of the device to check its maximum output and to ensure it is linear (input 1, get out 1). I could look at any extraneous products the device outputs outside of the normal range, and I could check the step size for accuracy to ensure .1 watt increase is actually a .1 increase....among many other things...Just silly science stuff.
 
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