[Ham-Mac] VHF Path Loss Capability Calculator

[Richard Cincotta]

James, 

   I'm interested.  Could you please email the Mathpad program to me.  

Much thanks for making it available,

Rich, KI4FW

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> From: JamesDuffey at comcast.net
> To: Ham-Mac at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 21:38:46 -0700
> CC: JamesDuffey at comcast.net
> Subject: [Ham-Mac] VHF Path Loss Capability Calculator
> 
> If there are any VHF weak signal enthusiasts out there, I have written  
> a small MathPad worksheet to assist in calculating your station's  
> capability. If you know the path loss for the station you want to  
> work, you can also calculate the expected signal to noise ratio over  
> that path.
> 
> Let me know if you want a copy and I can email it to you. MathPad is a  
> free worksheet based mathematical calculator available from the  
> University of New Hampshire. I use it for a lot of calculations and  
> find it much easier to use than excel. Even if you are not interested  
> in VHF, you might be interested in MathPad.
> 
> I recently discovered the SPLAT! web site that is an online version of  
> the Linux program SPLAT! by John, KB2BD. SPLAT! calculates the path  
> loss for any frequency between 20 MHz and 20 GHz between any two  
> stations using the Longley-Rice Irregular Terrain model. That was  
> inspiration for me to calculate my rover stations capability more  
> precisely and hence I wrote the worksheet. - Duffey
> 
> 
> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
> 
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