See Footnote 8:

Why 38’? I wanted to pick a number greater than ¼ wave on 40m (33’), approximately the same height as a typical maximum height for a roof (35’), and possibly tall enough (if equipped with  “top hat” radials) to work on 80 meters. At 38’, it is only 3’ higher than a 35’ ridge pole (roof peak).

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Hi Fred,

I like a lot of it but what is the reason for 38 feet height of a flagpole?  A very common height for a vertical is 43 feet which is 5 feet taller. Just wondering where 38ft came from. 

Ria

N2RJ

On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 7:19 PM Fred Hopengarten <hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> wrote:

OK, I got some sleep, I learned that BC beat Rutgers in football, and I tackled the draft statute again.

Here is Version 2. You may ignore Version 1 if I sent it to you.

Remember, I’m not getting paid for this work. When my eyes begin to close, I get up from the computer.  See the attached.

Again, all suggestions welcome.

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