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Title:		SPLAT!
Version:	1.2.0b
Entered-date:	15MAR07
Description:	SPLAT! is a terrestrial RF propagation analysis tool for
		the spectrum between 20 MHz and 20 GHz.  SPLAT! provides
		site engineering data such as the great circle distances
		and bearings between sites, antenna elevation angles
		(uptilt), depression angles (downtilt), antenna height
		above mean sea level, antenna height above average
		terrain, bearings and distances to known obstructions,
		path loss based on the Longley-Rice Irregular Terrain
		Model, and minimum antenna height requirements needed to
		establish first Fresnel zone clearance and line-of-sight
		RF paths absent of obstructions due to terrain.  SPLAT!
		produces reports, graphs, and highly detailed and carefully
		annotated topographic maps depicting line-of-sight paths,
		path loss, and expected coverage areas of transmitters
		and repeater systems.  Applications of SPLAT! include
		site engineering, wireless network design, amateur
		radio communications, frequency coordination,
		communication system design, and terrestrial
		television and radio broadcasting.  SPLAT! requires
		gnuplot version 3.7, libbzip-1.0.1 or later, and
		zlib, as well as an application capable of displaying
		PPM graphic files (xv, ImageMagick, xpaint, The GIMP, etc.).
Keywords:	Terrain analysis, site engineering, Longley-Rice path
		loss, TV/FM radio broadcasting, TV/FM radio reception,
		amateur radio, wireless WAN analysis and design
Author:		kd2bd@amsat.org (John A. Magliacane) (Creator, Lead Developer)
		mcdonald@scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) (L-R Model Integration)
		ronbentley@earthlink.net (Ron Bentley) (Fresnel Zone Plotting)
Maintained-by:	kd2bd@amsat.org (John A. Magliacane)
Primary-site:	ftp.ibiblio.org /pub/Linux/apps/ham/splat-1.2.0b.tar.gz
Original-site:	http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/splat.html
Platforms:	Linux/Unix
Copying-policy:	GPL
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