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It is given that, Height of a transmitting antenna, Height of a receiving antenna,
Required percentage increase in radio horizon is 10%

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The approximate radio horizon, d in miles is given by, Reading for...
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…… (1)
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where,

h t and hr are heights of transmitting and receiving antennas in ft.

Substitute the values: 500 ft for ht and 20 ft for hr in equation (1).

Therefore the radio horizon is .

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The new radio horizon due to a 10% increase is,

…… (2)

Substitute the value: 37.9 mi for in equation (2).

Now, the approximate radio horizon, dnew in miles is given by,

…… (3)

where,

h t is the height of transmitting antenna in ft and

h r, new is the new height of receiving antenna in ft

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Rearrange equation (3) to solve for hr,new.

…… (4)

Substitute the values: 41.7 mi for dnew and 500 ft for ht in equation (4).

The required height increase is,

Therefore the required height increase for the receiving antenna is .

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