I'm more interested in things like: if the diode is on for half the time (50% duty cycle), can I use 10mW? if I transmit a high frequency chirp with even less total duty cycle, can I use even more power?
Not that it really matters in my case: I will probably scrap the project when/if I make a good enough amplifier stage and phase detector for short range where 5mW should be enough.
