Califas?
On Jun 10, 2016 4:22 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My porch is at 2450' overlooking the Pacific Ocean. I think I can see
> close to 80 miles.
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> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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> On 6/10/2016 3:02 PM, George Skorup wrote:
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> You must be related to Sarah Palin.
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> Low blow. I know. Sorry. :)
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> On 6/10/2016 4:57 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
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> Sitting on my front porch. I can see over 40 miles to the horizon.
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> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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> On 6/10/2016 2:36 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
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> But from eye level, the horizon is only about 3 miles away.
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> Then there�s K-factor to consider (bending of microwave path by
> atmosphere).
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> *From:* Bill Prince <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2016 4:29 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Downtilt Calculator
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> I believe that out to 15 miles or so you can treat the earth as "close" to
> flat. No, it's not flat, but the difference is not worth talking about.
> Beyond that, and you have to take earth curvature into account.
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> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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> On 6/10/2016 2:05 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
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> So you are a flat earth believer?
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> *From:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2016 1:12 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Downtilt Calculator
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> Seriously, take the height of the antenna divided by the distance to the
> area you want to focus the energy.�
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> If that is one mile away, and the antenna is mounted at 100 feet,
> 100/5280.� = .189
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> Hit the ARCTAN button or the inverse TAN button and we get 1 degree of
> downtilt.�
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> TAN = Rise over Run.�
> Arctan = degrees of Rise/Run
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> To me that is easier and quicker than going on line and finding a
> calculator web page etc.�
> With an HP calculator it is 3 key strokes in addition to the numbers.�
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> *From:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2016 12:03 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Downtilt Calculator
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> <snark>
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> Look for a button called TAN on your calculator.
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> </snark>
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> *From:* Brandon Yuchasz <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2016 11:37 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Downtilt Calculator
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> Looking for a very simple down tilt calculation tool and I am wondering
> what most of you guys are using. There has to be an easier way then using
> math and my brain every time.
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> Best regards,
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> Brandon Yuchasz
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> GogebicRange.net
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> <http://www.gogebicrange.net/>www.gogebicrange.net
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