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Al Lorona wrote:

"Dave Platt" wrote in message
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Take a look at

http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/d...pg/0625sup.htm


Thanks, Dave, for the exact reference sites. They were helpful. And
thanks
to all the others for their replies.

I think it's clear that finding one number-- one right answer-- is
difficult. I just called the California Highway Patrol office in
Altadena
and found that there really is no right answer. The guy at the front
desk
said that the "consensus" in the office was 14 feet. And of course he
was
speaking only for California. He said that there's no separate
regulation
for antennas, only the number for total vehicle height. There seems to
be no
urgency on the part of the CHP to refer to a vehicle code to enforce the
height.

..

Don't even think about going to Vegas with an antenna much over 8 feet
tall unless you plan on parking in the back 40 with the RV's.

I drive my Dodge Caravan to Las Vegas and my little MFJ dual-band mag mount
hits the overhead in some parking structures. I sometimes remember to
unscrew the element on the way in.

Fast food joints often have a pipe hanging on chains as a noisy warning that
_something_ won't clear their building.