The Azimuth & Elevation Calculator below will help you determine the elevation and azimuth settings

for your dish to receive transmissions from AMC-8 at the longitude of 139 degrees west. Elevation is
the angle above true horizontal that the antenna must be pointed to. Zero degrees elevation is
pointing right at horizontal; 90 degrees elevation is pointing straight up. Azimuth is a compass
direction, in degrees East of True North. True East is 90 degrees azimuth, True South is 180
degrees, and True West is 270 degrees. In most of the United States, the view AMC-8 is between
180 and 270 degrees East of True North.

Azimuth and Elevation Calculator

You don't need to know the exact location of True North or the exact azimuth to point the antenna. If
your antenna lets you set azimuth and elevation without one affecting the other, you should set the
elevation first, then sweep the required quadrant of the sky (in this case the Southwest quadrant)
until the satellite is found.

http://www.westwoodone.com/LEARN-MORE/Affiliate-Technical-Services/Resource-Library/Azimuth-
and-Elevation

Radio Link - Profile

The Profile displays the radio link in 2 D. This includes the earth curvature, round height and Land
Cover when enabled.

The link displays the antenna height of both stations. The link from the transmitter unit to the receiver
unit is displayed in a direct line from antenna to antenna and the obstructed line.
The Fresnel zones that are relevant for the radio link are displayed as white lines.
Azimuth
The azimuth of the radio link from the transmitter to the receiver in degrees.

Elev. angle
The elevation angle from the radio link with respect to earth in degrees. A down tilt of the radio link is
negative (-).

Obstruction
The distance in Km between the transmitter and the obstruction or Clearance in meters from the
radio link to the ground.

Worst Fresnel
The distance to the ground expressed as a factor of F1

Distance
Between the Transmitter and receiver in Km

PathLoss dB
The Pathloss between Transmitter and Receiver in dB.

PathLoss warning
When the limitations of the model have been violated by the settings Radio Mobile will show a warning
in red behind the pathloss value. The meaning of these warning can be found at model warnings.

Example:

E field
At the receiver antenna in dB(uV/m)

RX level in dBm
The RSSI in dBm at the receiver.

RX level uV
The RSSI in uV at the receiver.

RX Relative
The Relative signal in dB with respect to the RX sensitivity.

Transmitter - Receiver
Information about the Transmitter and Receiver planes are at 'Radio Link - Profile'.

http://radiomobile.pe1mew.nl/?The_program:Tools_menu:Radio_Link_-_Profile