On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 13:45:48 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

How many watts does a cellphone transmitter output on full power? Lenny

Here's the power budget I worked out for proposed Verizon cell site:
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/coverage/VZW-water-plant/Verizon%20Tower%20Brookdale.xls
With everything turned on full blast, on all frequencies, on all 3
sectors, that's 43,000 watts EIRP.

Of course, it never gets that high because the cell site would
probably blow a fuse or something. Adaptive power control also limits
the handset transmit power to something between 20 to 100 mw into an
antenna with maybe -3dB gain. Cell site transmit is typically in the
same range, but with an antenna with considerably more gain. FCC
rules limit the TX EIRP power to something around 1-3 watts depending
on band. If you drive into the "field test mode" on your handset, you
can see the transmit power level.


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