Coverage planning - Revision history

Glokhoff: Update of the website URLs, CRC Covweb removed (no longer available), antenna pattern editor added

2020-09-27T08:59:37Z

Update of the website URLs, CRC Covweb removed (no longer available), antenna pattern editor added

Andimik: grammar fixed

2020-04-16T11:11:42Z

grammar fixed

Glokhoff at 18:50, 26 May 2017

2017-05-26T18:50:53Z

Glokhoff at 18:50, 26 May 2017

2017-05-26T18:50:20Z

Glokhoff at 17:08, 26 May 2017

2017-05-26T17:08:03Z

Glokhoff at 17:07, 26 May 2017

2017-05-26T17:07:45Z

Glokhoff at 17:07, 26 May 2017

2017-05-26T17:07:26Z

Glokhoff: Adding the source of the Nautel coverage planning

2017-05-26T17:03:41Z

Adding the source of the Nautel coverage planning

Glokhoff: Addition of some useful coverage prediction websites

2017-05-26T16:20:25Z

Addition of some useful coverage prediction websites

Coinchon: New page: Coverage planning usually require complex and expensive tools to predict wave propagation using terrain models. However since many years, Roger Coudé has developped a planning software f...

2011-10-25T17:45:27Z

New page: Coverage planning usually require complex and expensive tools to predict wave propagation using terrain models. However since many years, Roger Coudé has developped a planning software f...

New page

Coverage planning usually require complex and expensive tools to predict wave propagation using terrain models.

However since many years, Roger Coudé has developped a planning software for amateur radio, implementing the Longley-Rice model and using public terrain height maps. This software can also be used to make prediction of broadcast coverage.

*[http://www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html Radio Mobile website]

Example for FM broadcast coverage prediction:
*[http://www.emetteurs.ch/coverage_maps/maps.html Coverage estimation of some private FM stations in Switzerland]

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 Coverage planning usually require complex and expensive tools to predict wave propagation using terrain models.
-However since many years, Roger Coudé has developed a planning software for amateur radio, implementing the Longley-Rice model and using public terrain height maps. This software can also be used to make prediction of broadcast coverage.
+However since many years, Roger Coudé has developed a planning software for amateur radio, implementing the Longley-Rice model and using public terrain height maps. This software can also be used to make a prediction of broadcast coverage, including the use of directional antenna systems and VHF band III. It requires some time to get used to the way of working, but is definitely worth the effort.
-*[http://www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html Radio Mobile website]
+*[https://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website]
 Example for FM broadcast coverage prediction:
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 Transmitter maker Nautel has on their website a coverage prediction tool that can be used after registration:
-*[http://www.nautel.com/support/technical-resources/rf-toolkit/ Nautel RF toolkit coverage prediction]
+*[https://support.nautel.com/rf-toolkit/ Nautel RF toolkit coverage prediction]
-It appears to be based on the [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé]. The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for omni-directional transmissions this is quite handy. And it allowes estimations at the actual band III frequencies, which the Radio Mobile website doesn't.
+It appears to be based on the [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé]. The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for omni-directional transmissions this is quite handy.
-The directivity diagram can be included in the model available on the Canadian Communications Research Center's website:
+To generate the antenna pattern model from specification documentation one can use the antenna pattern editor from
-*[http://lrcov.crc.ca/main/ CRC CovWeb]
+*[https://www.wireless-planning.com/ Center of Telecommunication Technologies in Novosibirsk, Russia]

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 Transmitter maker Nautel has on their website a coverage prediction tool that can be used after registration:
 *[http://www.nautel.com/support/technical-resources/rf-toolkit/ Nautel RF toolkit coverage prediction]
-It appears to be based on the [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé]. The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for all direction transmissions this is quite handy. And it allowes estimations at the actual band III frequencies, which the Radio Mobile website doesn't.
+It appears to be based on the [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé]. The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for omni-directional transmissions this is quite handy. And it allowes estimations at the actual band III frequencies, which the Radio Mobile website doesn't.
 The directivity diagram can be included in the model available on the Canadian Communications Research Center's website:
 *[http://lrcov.crc.ca/main/ CRC CovWeb]
 This requires registration as well, and is not as detailed as the Nautel results, but very useful with directional transmissions.

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 Transmitter maker Nautel has on their website a coverage prediction tool that can be used after registration:
 *[http://www.nautel.com/support/technical-resources/rf-toolkit/ Nautel RF toolkit coverage prediction]
-The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for all direction transmissions this is quite handy. It appears to be based on the [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé] .
+It appears to be based on the [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé]. The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for all direction transmissions this is quite handy. And it allowes estimations at the actual band III frequencies, which the Radio Mobile website doesn't.
 The directivity diagram can be included in the model available on the Canadian Communications Research Center's website:
 *[http://lrcov.crc.ca/main/ CRC CovWeb]
 This requires registration as well, and is not as detailed as the Nautel results, but very useful with directional transmissions.

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 Transmitter maker Nautel has on their website a coverage prediction tool that can be used after registration:
 *[http://www.nautel.com/support/technical-resources/rf-toolkit/ Nautel RF toolkit coverage prediction]
-It appears to be based on the Radio Mobile website. The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for all direction transmissions this is quite handy. It appears to be based on the [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé] .
+The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for all direction transmissions this is quite handy. It appears to be based on the [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé] .
 The directivity diagram can be included in the model available on the Canadian Communications Research Center's website:
 *[http://lrcov.crc.ca/main/ CRC CovWeb]
 This requires registration as well, and is not as detailed as the Nautel results, but very useful with directional transmissions.

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 Transmitter maker Nautel has on their website a coverage prediction tool that can be used after registration:
 *[http://www.nautel.com/support/technical-resources/rf-toolkit/ Nautel RF toolkit coverage prediction]
-It appears to be based on the Radio Mobile website. The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for all direction transmissions this is quite handy. It appears to be based on the *[http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé] .
+It appears to be based on the Radio Mobile website. The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for all direction transmissions this is quite handy. It appears to be based on the [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile website by Roger Coudé] .
 The directivity diagram can be included in the model available on the Canadian Communications Research Center's website:
 *[http://lrcov.crc.ca/main/ CRC CovWeb]
 This requires registration as well, and is not as detailed as the Nautel results, but very useful with directional transmissions.

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	*[http://www.emetteurs.ch/coverage_maps/maps.html Coverage estimation of some private FM stations in Switzerland]		*[http://www.emetteurs.ch/coverage_maps/maps.html Coverage estimation of some private FM stations in Switzerland]
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		+	Transmitter maker Nautel has on their website a coverage prediction tool that can be used after registration:
		+	*[http://www.nautel.com/support/technical-resources/rf-toolkit/ Nautel RF toolkit coverage prediction]
		+	The limitation is that the antenna directivity diagram cannot be included, but for all direction transmissions this is quite handy.
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		+	The directivity diagram can be included in the model available on the Canadian Communications Research Center's website:
		+	*[http://lrcov.crc.ca/main/ CRC CovWeb]
		+	This requires registration as well, and is not as detailed as the Nautel results, but very useful with directional transmissions.