man, there is nothing better than putting in all your sites to generate a coverage map at high resolution only to realize you used a foot to meter calculator rather than a miles to kilometer
On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 9:48 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I was never able to produce a particular color, but I just wanted a quick > visible indication of where a repeater would work. > > *From:* That One Guy /sarcasm > *Sent:* Friday, February 3, 2017 8:45 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] exporting radio mobile propagation to google earth > > im doing -70 to -50 off each of the two end points > trying to get to where good overlaps produce a certain color, but messing > with the pallete isnt working as expected > im not sure how to edit the antenna patterns, Id prefer to just do an arc > rather than a full omni, there isnt any real gain in this other than it > being pretty > in the event we find a structure that wont allow a single midpoint we will > just overlay that pattern to find a second location > > i would prefer to just dray the 5-10 mile band, but i dont know if that > can be configured the way i want it to, that once again is just for pretty > > the long term goal is to build out in 5-8 mile increments to be able to > stay lower power and cheaper antennas if we license the hops > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 9:35 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I do two coverage maps on the same picture. I use rainbow (heat map) and >> dbm and set it to range from –50 to –90. >> Do one coverage map from one location. Then when it is painting the >> second map, possible repeater locations show up as dark or black squares. >> >> *From:* That One Guy /sarcasm >> *Sent:* Friday, February 3, 2017 8:22 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] exporting radio mobile propagation to google earth >> >> coverage, to identify areas where typical structures would be beneficial >> for mid point repeater sites. In this particular project 75 foot grain >> legs. So we only send out drivers to an area that that would be. >> >> I dont recall if clutter maps are at all accurate, and havent been able >> to get that data to show up in the propagation or if thats just limited to >> ptp >> >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 7:36 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Are you asking about PtP or a coverage map? >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >>> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >>> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >>> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >>> >>> >>> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From: *"That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> >>> *To: *[email protected] >>> *Sent: *Thursday, February 2, 2017 4:16:07 PM >>> *Subject: *[AFMUG] exporting radio mobile propagation to google earth >>> >>> i used to do this all the time, now i cant remember how. Im plotting for >>> midpoint scouting. I need to put it on a kml for the guy to go to the >>> target areas marking structures. being able to interact in google earth is >>> a requirement and there are other specifics >>> >>> if i recall correctly there was an google earth update that was going to >>> break the kmz overlay option, but that was a long time ago >>> >>> -- >>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >>> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> > > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
