SSB Average Speech Power

KX3 at 10W

Using 6s DVR recording of fast spoken words.
Ignoring DL1 Diode voltage loss
PEP DL1=15.3V PeP=9.4W
DL1 Vrms value is three measurement average.
CompressionDL1 VrmsPav WPav/Pep dBGain dB
05.241.1-9.30
105.581.2-8.80.55
206.071.5-8.11.2
306.451.7-7.51.8



Gigol DS1102E
Example Scope Shot with Compression = 10



KX3 at 10W DL1 and KX3 TX Audio Monitor

Same DVR recording as above
Ignoring DL1 Diode voltage loss
Compression = 0
Scope ChannelVrmsVpVrms/Vp dB
1 DL14.6815.7-10.5
2 KX3 Monitor79.2m360m-13.2

Gigol DS1102E Scope Shot



Short DVR recording of single long word
Ignoring DL1 Diode voltage loss
Compression = 0
Scope ChannelVrmsVpVrms/Vp dB
1 DL13.7616.1-12.6
2 KX3 Monitor86.5m352m-12.2

Gigol DS1102E Scope Shot



DL1 Setup