Thread: range of VHF
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Default range of VHF

Chuck wrote:


The range is ~ 1.4 times the square root of the sum of the antenna
heights.


This should've said ~1.4 times the sum
of the square roots of the antenna heights.

Range is in statute miles; heights are
in feet.

Chuck

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