The advantage of the chip resistor would be frequency range and true RMS readings.
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I hope not! RMS power is a useless parameter . You can compute it analytically, but it is pretty meaningless. The mean power is what is relevant, as that causes the same heating as DC would.?
I'm a bit confused. He said RMS, not RMS power. Isn't "RMS power" a meaningless term? Voltage and current can be RMS, and the end result is precisely what you say, the same heating (work) as DC would do.
The discussion was about RF current, so I assumed "RMS" meant "RMS current", in this context.
Steve Greenfield AE7HD
