A method for measuring a power level of a radio frequency signal in a radio frequency
transmitter includes routing a portion of the radio frequency signal to a detector,
detecting a signal envelope of the radio frequency signal with the detector, routing
the detected signal to a digital signal processor, and talking at least one sample
from the detected signal envelope using the digital signal processor and determining
a detected power level of the radio frequency signal from the at least one sample,
wherein the at least one sample lies in a portion of the detected signal envelope
having a known non-random sequence.