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Radio Mobile is a free and powerful tool for plotting RF patterns and predicting the performance of radio systems. The software is written for Microsoft Windows 95, 98 and NT however it works quite well on Windows Millenium Edition (ME) as well as Microsoft Windows XP Professional (I do not have access to a Windows XP Home system to test however there should be no problem.) Using freely available terrain elevation data it can produce grey scale, x-ray and rainbow colored virtual maps. One can also produce 3-D and stereoscopic views as well as flyby animations. Background images can be merged with scanned maps, satellite photos and Mapquest maps to produce accurate prediction plots. You can obtain your copy of Radio Mobile from this site. The one thing I found lacking with Radio Mobile was good, easy to understand documentation. This site will attempt to provide an alternative source of documentation that will walk you through obtaining and installing the software, obtaining elevation data and finally plotting simple RF plots. Once you become used to the software it becomes very easy to use and is a very powerful tool. I have used it numerous times to plot microwave point-to-point links using the 2.4GHz ISM band with a great deal of success. I find it accurate enough to plot the service area for my business, a wireless ISP located in northern Michigan. Radio Mobile is under constant development so if it is missing a feature you want you may have to wait only a short time before it is added to the software. Please realize that I am only a user of the software, not a developer. Please direct any inquiries regarding the software to the author Roger Coudé. Important Notes: As stated before I am not in any way affiliated with the author of this software. While I may be able to answer some of your questions I simply do not have the time to provide technical support for Radio Mobile. You may find it beneficial to subscribe to the Yahoo! Discussion Group for Radio Mobile. If you find this documentation useful please provide feedback so that it can be improved. Copyright (c)2003 Greg
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