‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MARCH 2009 QST PAGES 42 AND 79 ‰ SATURATED CW OUTPUT LEVEL. THAT RESULTS IN A VERY NICE SOUNDING SIGNAL ON THE AIR. IF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THE MATH, YOU CAN QUICKLY ESTIMATE THAT MY AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER ON SSB ENDS UP BEING ABOUT ONE TENTH THE SATURATED CW OUTPUT POWER. PEP OUTPUT CAPABILITY IS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE, BUT I PREFER NATURAL SOUNDING SSB TO THE HIGHLY PROCESSED SOUND THAT RESULTS IN AN AVERAGE POWER OUTPUT VERY CLOSE TO THE PEP OUTPUT ‰ FROM PAGE 79 ‰ US5D 1,205,775 WK4P 19,950 N6CCH 277,200 N0KE 176,505 IR2M 1,175,295 VE3 ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚