Calculation For Wireless Network

By: Onno W. Purbo YC0MLC ex YC1DAV

Conversion
Power
Power
Distance
Distance
Distance
Distance
Free Space Loss
Frequency
Distance
FSL

1
20
3.2
85
30
40

Watt
dBm
km
miles
feet
meter

dBm
Watt
miles
km
meter
feet

100 mWatt

2400 MHz
5 Miles
118.2 dB

Fresnel Zone Clearance

Distance
5 Miles
Frequency
2.412 GHz
Radius FZC
31.17 feet
80% FSC
24.94 feet
RX Signal Level
Frequency
Distance
TX Power
TX Cable Loss
TX Antenna Gain
RX Antenna Gain
RX cable Loss
RX Sensitivity

2412
2
20
3
12
17
3
-82

Antenna Tilt
Base Antenna
Remote Antenna
Distance
Tilt

80
30
3
0.1

MHz
Miles
dBm
dB
dB
dB
dB
dBm

8.0 km
9.50 meter
7.60 meter

Free Space Loss

110.3 dB
FZC
19.71 feet
6.01 meter
80% FZC
15.77 feet
4.81 meter
In reality we need at least additional 10-15dB margin
for compensating Fading & Multipath problem
RX Signal Level
Operating Margin

feet above sea level

feet above sea level
Miles
degree

Antenna Downtilt Coverage Radius

Antenna Height
80 Feet
Antenna Tilt
5.2 deg
Beam Width
10 deg
Inner Radius
0.08 Miles
Outer Radius
4.34 Miles
Coverage
4.26 Miles
Antenna Isolation
Vertical
Horizontal

30.0
0.1
2.0
136.8
9.14
131.23

0.5 meter
2 meter

Tilt
Distance

24.384 Meter

0.14 km
6.99 km
6.85 km

31 dB
37 dB

-67.3 dBm
14.7 dB

24.384
9.144
0.181
5.4

meter
meter
degree
Miles

8.765069 km

QTH Loc., Distance and Bearing from A to B

Location of A:
Lat-A

6o

BASE
10 '
6.9 '' S

-6.168583

Lon-A
Location of B:
Lat-B

106 o

51 '

54.2 '' E

-106.865056

6o

9'

0.8 '' S

-6.150222

Lon-B
Lat-A

106 o

53 '

14.8 '' E

Bearing
Distance

50
310
3.2

o
o

O
-106.887444
-6.169 o

CW
CCW
km

Developed by: Mula W. Wangsaputra - YB1BUL

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