An
Illustrated Handbook
By Ian D. Brown, G3TVU
This is an operating guide
for the use of the propagation simulation program
Radio
Mobile
written by Roger Coudé, VE2DBE
Once
you have designed your own ‘VHF to Microwave’ Antenna system, the Radio Mobile
software allows you to simulate its radio coverage performance over a Real
landscape when attached to Real equipment — and you can also
incorporate Land Coverage losses into the plots if required.
This Handbook is a ‘must have’ reference for anyone
wishing to quickly explore the workings of Radio Mobile in all its facets and to
produce the type of radio signal coverage plots they require. This Handbook
makes the learning process intuitive and easier by showing step by step
illustrated guides.
Free Digital elevation data and road maps can be
downloaded directly from the internet by the program for your own area, and
radio units specified for performance and placed on the map where ever required.
In addition to the normal radio coverage plots the
program can analyse point to point Radio Links and export pictures, maps and
Radio Links into Google Earth for visualisation by showing the path and Fresnel
zones. You can also generate your own 3D antenna pattern data for use in the
program to add to the provided generic antenna patterns by using my '3D Antenna
pattern generator' available free from my RM
Downloads page.
Radio path exported to Google Earth
showing the Fresnel zones
Yet another great
feature which is useful for Radio Repeater planning is the Route Radio Coverage
function which allows the communication by a fixed station to or from a mobile
to be evaluated as the mobile drives along a road system.
Where there are a number of fixed stations in an area,
plots showing the dominant server providing a defined Signal-to-Interference
margin to a mobile can also be shown and signal strength readout at the screen
cursor can be added.
Radio Link pane
Antenna Pattern Viewer
This 350-page, 19
chapter, Illustrated Handbook has been compiled and updated from the massive
archive of articles in antenneX including details of the installer program that shows
how to install and make use of the bonus Radio Mobile Installer. The
installer for the program is included in the download and CD-ROM.
The PDF format is fully
searchable for any required keywords or topics.
|
Chapter |
Title |
Page |
|
1 |
Introduction |
7 |
|
2 |
Getting Started |
19 |
|
3 |
Single Polar Coverage Plots |
37 |
|
4 |
Combined Cartesian Coverage Plots |
53 |
|
5 |
The Radio Link Pane |
69 |
|
6 |
Finding Best Sites |
91 |
|
7 |
Finding Best Sites Using Waypoints |
109 |
|
8 |
Route Radio Coverage |
125 |
|
9 |
Additional Coverage Plots |
152 |
|
10 |
Antenna Files and Polar Diagrams |
166 |
|
11 |
Large Maps and Pictures |
180 |
|
12 |
Picture and Unit Location Import |
194 |
|
13 |
Picture and Data Export |
209 |
|
14 |
Radio Foxhunts and Antenna Alignment |
225 |
|
15 |
Using a GPS with Radio Mobile |
242 |
|
16 |
Batch Coverage File Processing |
256 |
|
17 |
How to Do Things |
270 |
|
18 |
Program Feature Updates |
298 |
|
19 |
Using the Radio Mobile Installer |
345 |
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G3TVU
12th November 2011
