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Old November 25th 03, 06:18 PM
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Artsci takes into account
To properly estimate a signals range, you must have a few important figures:
-- Frequency / Band
-- Transmitter power (in watts)
-- Antenna height (from sea level)
-- Antenna gain (net after coax loss)

And that is what the original poster asked for (I thought)
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73 From The Wilderness Keyboard

"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
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Wilderness Keyboard wrote:
"See Guide to Transmitter Range from Artsci---."

See the 19th edition of the "ARRL Antenna Book" pages 23.5 and 23.6.

Eqn. 3:

Dmiles = 1.415 sq rt Hfeet

This can be rewritten:
D = sq rt 2H

Wasn`t it Albert Einstein who wrote something like: "Don`t make things
any more complicated than necessary?"

Solutions to Eqn 3 are plotted in Fig 6.

Example: 20 ft gives 6 miles. The approximate sq rt of 40 is 6 miles.

Example: 50 ft gives 10 miles. The approximate sq rt of 100 is 10 miles.

Example: 200 Ft gives 20 miles. The approximate sq rt of 400 is 20
miles.

Etc., etc., etc..

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI