Pathloss Version 3.

0 File Format

The file format is described below for a file which does not include a worksheet or notes.

PL_3.0 Pathloss identifier - must be PL_3.0

Site #1 Site #1 name (19 characters maximum)
Site #2 Site #2 name (19 characters maximum)
43.742778 Site #1 Latitude (X if not included)
81.460833 Site #1 Longitude (X if not included)
43.489444 Site #2 Latitude (X if not included)
80.974444 Site #2 Longitude (X if not included)
25.00 2 Site #1 main antenna height
Reference ellipsoid type
X Site #1 diversity antenna height (X if not included)
8.00 1 Site #2 main antenna height
Polarization 0 - Horizontal 1 - Vertical
X Site #2 diversity antenna height (X if not included)
450.00 Frequency (MHz)
18 0 0 Three integer numbers signifying:
Number of terrain data points
0 worksheet type (no worksheet)
0 for miles-feet or 1 for km-meters
0.000 135.000 75.0 258 1 75 foot building
2.000 85.000 45.0 257 1 45 foot tree
9.500 100.000 0.0 0 1
10.000 135.000 0.0 0 1
11.000 200.000 0.0 0 1
12.000 240.000 0.0 0 1
13.000 225.000 0.0 0 1
14.000 200.000 0.0 0 1
15.000 150.000 0.0 0 1
18.000 100.000 50.0 257 1 50 foot tree
20.000 125.000 0.0 0 1
21.000 225.000 0.0 0 1
21.750 250.000 0.0 0 1
22.000 240.000 0.0 0 1
23.000 175.000 0.0 0 1
24.000 150.000 40.0 257 1 50 foot tree
28.000 160.000 0.0 0 1
30.000 180.000 0.0 0 1

title block line 1 - 40 characters maximum

title block line 2 - 40 characters maximum
title block drawing number - 12 characters maximum
title block initials - 3 characters maximum

0 number of note lines

15.00 15.00 site 1 and 2 minimum antenna heights
X site 1 maximum antenna height (X if not included)
X site 2 maximum antenna height (X if not included)
1.33 K (X if not included)- Main clearance criteria #1
100.00 %F1 (X if not included)
X fixed height (X if not included)
X K (X if not included) - Main clearance criteria #2
X %F1 (X if not included)
X fixed height (X if not included)
1.33 K (X if not included) - Diversity clearance criteria #1
60.00 %F1 (X if not included)
X fixed height (X if not included)
X K (X if not included) - Diversity clearance criteria #2
X %F1 (X if not included)
X fixed height (X if not included)
X TX antenna gain (X if not included)
X RX antenna gain (X if not included)
2.00 site 1 antenna beam width (X if not included)
2.00 site 2 antenna beam width (X if not included)

Each terrain data point consists of three real numbers and two integer numbers separated by one
or more spaces with the following interpretation:
1 distance from site 1 (real number)
2 elevation above sea level (real number)
3 structure height AGL (real number)
4 structure definition (integer)
the low order byte is the type of structure
0 none
1 tree
2 building
3 water tower
the high order byte defines the class of the structure
0 none
1 single
2 start of a range
3 end of a range
4 off path structure
the composite for all combinations are as follows:
257 single tree
258 single building
259 single water tower
1025 off path tree
 1026 off path building
1027 off path water tower
513 start tree range
769 end tree range
514 start building range
770 end building range
5 ground characteristics (integer)
0 poor ground
1 average ground
2 good ground
3 fresh water
4 salt water

If a structure type is classed as off path, the next two lines are used to describe the off path
structure. An example of the off path two line format assuming the metric system is:
distance off path - ground elevation
description

Reference Ellipsoid

The reference ellipsoid designator is on the same line as the site #1 main antenna height and
separated by a space. The designators are listed below.

0 Clarke 1880 1 International

2 Clarke 1866 3 Bessel
4 Everest 5 Walbeck
6 Southeast Asia 7 Krasovsky
8 GRS 80 > WGS 84 9 Modified Everest
10 Australian National 11 Airy
12 Modified Airy

The following points should be noted when writing a conversion program:

The exact number of terrain data points must be specified.
Blank lines are not allowed.
The worksheet type must be 0.