Radio Mobile

Radio Mobile

by Roger Coudé, VE2DBE.

http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html

Radio Mobile is a Free Radio Propagation simulation program which operates over the frequency range of 20MHz to 20GHz. It is based on the ITS (Longley-Rice) propagation model.

The program enables elevation maps to be drawn of specified areas using downloaded SRTM data from the Space Shuttle Radar Terrain Mapping Mission, elevation contours and road maps to be added, and Radio Units (stations) specified for performance and placed where required.

Individual Radio Unit performance is specified as a Radio Operating 'System' for power, sensitivity, antenna parameters etc. and all 'Radio Links' between Units can be examined for path profile and signal parameters.

Signal coverage patterns can be produced for each separate Radio Unit if required. The 'Best Sites' to provide radio coverage to a number of specified Radio Unit locations can also be found.

The performance of a Radio Unit which is traversing a defined Route on the map can also be generated by the 'Route Radio Coverage' feature. It is also possible to use the 'Route' waypoint data with the 'Best Sites' feature, to find the best locations to provide full Route radio coverage.

The 'Best Unit' from a defined selection of Units which gives the maximum signal level at a specific location may also be plotted, whilst the Radio coverage from a selected number of Units is also available. The sum of all signals from multiple Units at each location may also be plotted if required.

Click here for my

Radio Mobile 'Quick Start' Installation

Program and Setup Guide page.

with New Version 9.9.6

This is the latest English Language version!

But is now available in 10 languages - see the Setup Guide for information.

For UK Amateurs, see the NGR datum converter.

Click here for my Installation program

For a quick description of all my page Contents click here

and for an overview, see 'An Introduction to Radio Mobile' from Radio Communication.

Many new features have been added to the program since 2003. These enable much faster evaluations of radio networks and scenarios to be tested before trying out on the ground.

Practical Performance:

April 2006 - Site testing of locations generated by 'Find Best Sites' utilising the Waypoints used in the Route Radio Coverage feature, showed an incredible consistency with the predicted performance! This was confirmed during the two events covered by these UHF Repeater sites in April and May.

For a 'walk through' of the installation pane sequence,

click here to visit the 'Installation' page.

The following two articles were published in Radio Communication,

but please note the Copyright conditions!

1180kB 'A general introduction to Radio Mobile.pdf'