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Antenna Height
Appendix D
RADWIN 1000/2000/5000 User ManualVersion  2.5.30p4
D-3
Antenna Height
The recommended antenna height required for line of sight is calculated as 
the sum the Fresnel zone height and the boresight height. See 
 below.
The Fresnel zone height is calculated as:
The boresight clearance height is calculated as:
where .
Running the Link Budget Calculator
The Link Budget Calculator is supplied on the RADWIN Manager CD. It may 
be run stand-alone from the CD or from the RADWIN Manager application.
To run the Link Budget Calculator from the CD:
1. Insert the RADWIN Manager CD into the drive on the managing com-
puter. In the window which opens, click the Link Budget Calculator 
option.
2. If the CD autorun application does not start by itself, then point your 
browser to
Z:\RADWIN\Setup\DATA\Link Budget Calculator.htm
where Z should be replaced with your own CD drive name.
To run the Link Budget Calculator from the RADWIN Manager:
• Choose Help | Link Budget Calculator from the main menu of the 
RADWIN Manager as in the following figure:
Availability
6
10
7
Cfactor
frequency
GHz
RequiredRange
KM
3
10
ExpectedFadeM
in
arg
10
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=
0.6
300
frequency
GHz
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ExpectedRange
2
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2
ExpectedRange
2
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ExpectedRange
2
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+
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R
2
Maean
ExpectedRange
2
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2
+
R
Maean
R
Mean
6367.4425Km
=