🚀 go-pugleaf

At 18 Jul 2010 21:55:40 -0700 Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:22:10 -0600, Todd Allcock

> 
> >My memory is hazy as well going back to the late 80's when I was
selling
> >them.  IIRC, there were "5 watt" phones initially, but I believe "5
watt"
> > and "3 watt" phones were the same- IIRC, there was change in the way
the
> >power output spec was defined- maybe a change from "peak" to "average"
or
> >something?  Again, it was quite a long time ago! 
> 
> No way.  All the AMPS phones were ordinary FM.  No amplitude component
> to offer creative specmanship.  Key the xmitter and the average, peak,
> and RMS RF power output are all identical.

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> See my other rant on the subject.  
>   Message-ID: <prs646t4slrkfrupjbdd62iq0p2a29hl25@4ax.com>
> The 1.2 watt limit was for hand-held and transportable half-duplex
> (i.e. PTT) cellular phones, which nobody bothered to build and sell.
> It was NOT an FCC imposed limit, which only limits the phones to 7
> watts EIRP.  However, I suspect that RF exposure limits, which
> appeared at about that time, probably were the prime motivator.
 


I'll bet it's the 7W EIRP I'm thinking of, rather than 5W.  I just
remember arguing with a customer way back when who was looking for a more
powerful cellular phone than 3W.

Thanks for the refresher course!