420 PROPAGATION THROUGH THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERE 
ho IN METERS 
d IN KILOMETERS 
Figure 48. Maximum range for \ = 1 meter, vertical polarization. [See equation (186).] 
TABLE 9. Values of ¥ g(6) for VHF (sea water). 
r 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Q 10meters 
V9(6) | 0.98 0.97 0.95 0.94 0.93 0.91 0.90 0.88 0.86 0.84 
4. F(A) is given by Figure 51. 
5. M(6) for vertical polarization is given by 
Figure 52 as a function of 6 which can be found from 
Figures 53 and 54. 
For horizontal polarization 
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