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Old 9th Jan 2008, 18:57
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According to the Garmin manual on their web site the GTX330 transmit power is 250 Watts nominal. That would make the current draw at 13.8V around 18 amps on transmit which it will do each time it is interrogated. I believe ERP is derived from antenna gain, not duty cycle.
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