X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=debian%2Fsplat;a=blobdiff_plain;f=sample_data%2Fsample.lrp;fp=sample_data%2Fsample.lrp;h=e5e057243af07c7336e13e3a507b0cdca11154d6;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=dcc481697c227c3b265d1e68a8a82910c818332c;hpb=3504a1ce545f764f4e96a31fa53dbf498e0bd9f9 diff --git a/sample_data/sample.lrp b/sample_data/sample.lrp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5e0572 --- /dev/null +++ b/sample_data/sample.lrp @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +15.000 ; Earth Dielectric Constant (Relative permittivity) +0.005 ; Earth Conductivity (Siemens per meter) +301.000 ; Atmospheric Bending Constant (N-units) +646.000 ; Frequency in MHz (20 MHz to 20 GHz) +5 ; Radio Climate (5 = Continental Temperate) +0 ; Polarization (0 = Horizontal, 1 = Vertical) +0.5 ; Fraction of situations (50% of locations) +0.5 ; Fraction of time (50% of the time) +46000.0 ; Effective Radiated Power in Watts (optional) + +This file contains Longley-Rice path loss parameters used +by SPLAT! Anything after the 9th line is ignored by the +program. Comments are allowed following each element of +numeric data. No blank lines are allowed at the top. + +Earth dielectric constants and conductivity values are as follows: + + Dielectric Constant Conductivity + Salt water : 80 5.000 + Good ground : 25 0.020 + Fresh water : 80 0.010 + Marshy land : 12 0.007 + Farmland, forest : 15 0.005 + Average ground : 15 0.005 + Mountain, sand : 13 0.002 + City : 5 0.001 + Poor ground : 4 0.001 + +Radio climate codes are defined as follows: + + 1: Equatorial (Congo) + 2: Continental Subtropical (Sudan) + 3: Maritime Subtropical (West coast of Africa) + 4: Desert (Sahara) + 5: Continental Temperate + 6: Maritime Temperate, over land (UK and west coasts of US & EU) + 7: Maritime Temperate, over sea + +The Continental Temperate climate (5) is common to large land masses in +the temperate zone, such as the United States. For paths shorter than +100 km, there is little difference between Continental and Martitime +Temperate climates. + +The 7th and 8th parameters in the .lrp file correspond to the statistical +analysis provided by the Longley-Rice model. In this example, SPLAT! +will return the maximum path loss occurring 50% of the time (fraction +of time) in 50% of situations (fraction of situations). Use a fraction +of time of 0.90 for digital television, 0.50 for analog. + +Edit these parameters as required and save the result ("Save As") +to a filename with an extension of ".lrp" in the directory normally +used for .qth files (current working directory is assumed). The +base of the filename MUST match the base of the corresponding +SPLAT! transmitter site QTH filename for proper correlation +between data sets. In other words: + + wnjt-dt.qth <--- TX site data for WNJT-DT + wnjt-dt.lrp <--- Corresponding Longly-Rice parameters for WNJT-DT + +If an LRP file corresponding to the tx_site QTH file cannot be +found, SPLAT! scans the current working directory for "splat.lrp". +If this file cannot be found, then default parameters similar to +those listed above are assigned by SPLAT!, and a "splat.lrp" file +containing those parameters is written to the current working directory. + +For further information on Longley-Rice model parameters, see: + + http://elbert.its.bldrdoc.gov/itm.html + http://www.softwright.com/faq/engineering/prop_longley_rice.html + +Also consult SPLAT!'s documentation for more information. +