"Zachary Taylor" wrote in message
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I have a sloper that is 73 feet long.
The high end is 34 feet high, and the low end is 8 feet high.
What angle is the antenna?

It's a shame I can't figure out something I should have learned
in the 6th grade; but I don't know how to set the problem up.

Thanks,
Zack



About 21 degrees. For calculation purposes, mentally move the antenna down 8
feet. So you now have a triangle with altitude of 26 feet and a hypotenuse
of 73 feet. The sine of the angle you want is 26/73 or .3562. The cosine of
..3562 is 20.86 degrees.

If you don't frequently use what you have learned, it evaporates. I know
exactly how you feel.

73,
John - KD5YI