Running the Link Budget Calculator
The Fade margin is the minimum required for line‐of‐sight (LOS) conditions. For
degraded link conditions, a larger Fade margin should be used. Again, it is not avail‐
able when using Adaptive Rate.
The EIRP is calculated in dBm and Watts.
8. The Rate item may be used for calculating the Link Budget under best and worst
scenarios. It is always set to maximum under Adaptive Rate.
9. If the required range between the two link sites is known, you may enter it directly.
Alternatively, you may enter the latitude and longitude of each site in the link, in
which case the distance between them will be calculated and displayed.
Figure 19‐5: Calculation of distance from site coordinates
If for example, we enter:
Site A: 41.1°N lat 75.2°W Long
Site B: 40.8°N lat 75.0°W Long
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