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11th April 2002 | 11:07

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From: -11`

Like any vhf transmission:
1,2 times the square root of the flightaltitude in feet.

What you get is the range in NM.

That would give you 120 NM at 10000ft

This is the theoretical range, in practise it will probably be less.

(80NM

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