"Fred W4JLE" bravely wrote to "All" (19 Apr 05 22:16:57)
--- on the heady topic of " UHF penetration & path loss Q:"

FW From: "Fred W4JLE"
FW Xref: aeinews rec.radio.amateur.antenna:28772

FW Noting the precision of your wattage calculations, I should have been
FW more specific in my answer in the previous message.
FW d(mi)=3d1.415 * sqrt antenna height in feet
FW so to get you down to the decimals 8.9492457782765135095568687307446
FW miles

Aw, you're just making it up now... anybody can see the last digit is
obviously wrong just looking at it!

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