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Latest revision as of 14:24, 21 January 2016
ERP, or Effective Radiated Power, is the perceived amount of power coming out of a transmitter antenna, as measured from a specific (usually the optimum) vantage point. It is generally calculated as (transmitter output power - feedline losses - reflected power) * antenna gain over isotropic.
See this wikipedia article for more details.