Technical Note 101

Transmission Loss Predictions for Troposheric Communication Circuits Volumes I and II

January 1967

P. L. Rice, A. G. Longley, K. A. Norton, A. P. Barsis

Keywords: system loss, antenna gain, atmospheric, prediction, diffraction, irregular terrain

• Complete TN101 Volume I (PDF format, 9.5 MB)
• Complete TN101 Volume I (ZIP format, 7.3 MB)
  
  
  • TN101 Volume I: Foreword, Table of Contents
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 1, Introduction
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 2, The Concepts of System Loss, Transmission Loss, Path Antenna Gain, and Path Antenna Power Gain
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 3, Atmospheric Absorption
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 4, Determination of an Effective Earth's Radius
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 5, Transmission Loss Prediction Methods for Wthin-The-Horizon Path
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 6, Determination of Angular Distance for Transhorizon Paths
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 7, Diffraction Over a Single Isolated Obstacle
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 8, Diffraction Over Smooth Earth and Over Irregular Terrain
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 9, Forward Scatter
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 10, Long-Term Power Fading
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 11, References
  • TN101 Volume I: Chapter 12, List of Symbols and Abbreviations
  
  
• Complete TN101 Volume II (PDF format, 9 MB)
• Complete TN101 Volume II (ZIP format, 6.9 MB)
  
  
  • NT101 Volume II: Title page, Foreword, Table of Contents, Vol. II
  • NT101 Volume II: Annex I, Available Data, Standard Curves, and a Simple Prediction Model
  • NT101 Volume II: Annex II, Available Power, Field Strength and Multipath Coupling Loss
  • NT101 Volume II: Annex III, Supplementary Information and Formulas Useful for Programming
  • NT101 Volume II: Annex IV, Forward Scatter
  • NT101 Volume II: Annex V, Phase Interference Fading and Service Probability

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