Watts — What It Means in Ham Radio

Watts — Transmit power.

Worth less than people assume. Doubling power is barely noticeable at the other end; raising your antenna or improving it changes everything.

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Related words

  • K index — How disturbed the earth's magnetic field is.
  • SWR — Standing Wave Ratio.
  • Gray line — The band of twilight moving around the earth.
  • SSTV — Slow-Scan Television.
  • Propagation — How your signal travels.
  • CW — Continuous Wave. Morse code.
  • APRS — Automatic Packet Reporting System.
  • Wavelength — The physical length of one radio wave.