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RF Basics, FSL entered values.
mW to dBm Enter value in mW 100 Value in dBm:
Numbers quotient Enter number
to dB quotient value 10 Value in dB:
dB conversions
dBm to mW Enter dBm 3 Value in mW:
dB to numbers corresponding
quotient Enter dB 100 quotient:

microvolts to dBm
on 50 ohms P = (V^2)/R Enter microvolts 0.5 Power in W
This a pure Power in dBm
geometrical loss, due Losses due to
to the spreading of the obstacles, foilage,
signal over an rain or snow
increasing area as it attenuation must
Free Space Loss travels from the TX to be added to the
Calculations, FSL the RX FSL
Enter frequency in
GHz 5.8 Value in MHz:
Enter distance Fraction of
between TX and RX, d transmitted
in km 15 power received:

Clearance of at
First Fresnel zone least 60% of F1 is
radius F1 at 1/2*SQRT(lamda*d required for good
midpoint (d/2), m ) 13.93 performance 0.6*F1 at d/2:
Earth bulge
corrected for the
curved
propagation of
Earth bulge (EB) at Purely geometrical radio waves with
midpoint (d/2), m EB: d^2/(8*R) 4.41 K=4/3: 3.307

Minimum elevation
to be cleared over 0.6*F1 plus radio
flat land, m earth bulge, m 10.27

System Margin Enter TX outpower in Equivalent in


calculations mW 100 dBm:
Enter TX antenna gain
as a number 120 Gain in dBi:

EIRP (Equivalent
Isotropic Radiated
Power) in W 12000 EIRP in dBm:
Enter RX antenna RX Antenna gain
gain as a number 140 in dBi:

Theoretical
Theoretical received received power
signal power in mW: 1.265006138E-07 in dBm:
Theoretical received
signal power in pW: 126.50
Receiver
Enter receiver sensitivity in
sensitivity in pW 0.3 dBm:
Sistem Margin:
how many times is
the received signal
greater than the system margin as a Sistem Margin in
sensitivity number: 421.67 dB:
Results in
red dBm=10*LOG(N/mW) dB=10*LOG(N)
20

10
N=POWER(10,dBm/10)
1.99526231

1E+10

5E-15
-113.0103

(lamda/
(4*pi*d))^2 10*log(lamda/(4*pi*d))^2
5800 Wavelength, m 0.05

7.5298E-14 FSL in dB -131.23

F1=SQRT(lamda*d1*d2/
13.9271503633
(d1+d2)) at any point in
6.96 the trajectory

20.00

20.79

40.79

21.46

-68.98
-95.23

System Margin
must be greater
26.25 than 10 dB!
Enter values
in degrees, Coordinates in
Coordinate minutes and degrees and
Conversion seconds decimals

Site A
Lat-A 6 ° 54 ´ 59 " S -6.91638889 °
Long-A 107 ° 40 ´ 11 " E -107.66972222 °
Site B
Lat-B 6 ° 55 ´ 37 " S -6.92694444 °
Long-B 107 ° 35 ´ 45 " E -107.59583333 °

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