On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:48:22 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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Wilbur,

Stick to stuff you understand.
1. The VHF is on at a100% duty cycle so it's output is 25 watts as you
stated.
2. The RADAR has a pulsed output. The shorter the pulse the better the
resolution of the radar. I remember one 25KW radar I was repairing only
used
5 watts for the magnetron.

Power consumed depends on the pulse width and the pulse repetition
frequency.



That's odd, I could have sworn the link I posted rated the yacht radar
described at 2.2 kilowatt output.

Wilbur Hubbard


You should have read the whole page before trying to use it as a
reference, dumbass. Further down it says:

Power consumption Max. 36 W, 8 W in standby mode

To get it to draw the max, you would need to crank up the gain all the
way while in 16 mile range. The only time you might do that for a very
brief period is when looking for rain off in the distance.

Realistically, you will almost never draw more than 2 amps, and most
of the time less than that.