Card Set Up for ATOA (without plotting) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Column 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Card1: AABBCCDDEEFFFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHIIJJ Card2: AAAAAABBBCCDDEEEEEFFFFFGGGGGHHIIIJJKKLLLLLLMMMMMMNNNNNNOOOPPPQQQRRRRRRSSSSSSTT Card3: AAAAAABBBCCDDEEEEEFFFFFGGGGHHHHHHIIIIIIJJJJJJKKLLLLLMMMMMNNOOPPQQRRSSSTTTUUUVVV ___________________________________________________________________________________ | Card 1 | |_________________________________________________________________________________| | | Card | Program | | |Symbol | Columns | Variable | Description | |_______|_________|__________|____________________________________________________| | A | 1- 2 | IK | Code for units to be used with input: | | | | | 1 = km/meters | | | | | 2 = ft/statute miles | | | | | 3 = ft/nautical miles | | | | | 0 = terminates a run | | | | | | | B | 3- 4 | IO | Code for type of output: | | | | | 1 = Power Available | | | | | 2 = Power Density | | | | | 3 = Transmission Loss | | | | | | | C | 5- 6 | IJ | Code for aircraft altitude input: | | | | | >0 = the units will be considered the same | | | | | as distance, (i.e. km, s mi, or n mi). | | | | | | | D | 7- 8 | ILB | Code for lobing options: | | | | | 0 = No lobing | | | | | 2 = Lobing | | | | | | | E | 9-10 | KK | Code for time availability options: | | | | | 1 = Hourly median levels | | | | | 2 = Instantaneous levels | | | | | | | F | 11-13 | IA | Number of characters and spaces in label (up to 32)| | | | | | | G | 14-45 | TT | Label | | | | | | | H | 46-50 | DMAX | Maximum distance (in km, s mi, n mi, or deg). | | | | | If IGPH>1, it will interpolate and obtain values | | | | | for this distance. | | | | | | | I | 51-52 | JC | JC>0 = output to be in degrees instead of distance.| | | | | | | J | 53-54 | IGPH | If IGPH>1, it will interpolate and obtain values | | | | | for distance DMAX. | | | | | | |_______|_________|__________|____________________________________________________| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Column 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Card2: AAAAAABBBCCDDEEEEEFFFFFGGGGGHHIIIJJKKLLLLLLMMMMMMNNNNNNOOOPPPQQQRRRRRRSSSSSSTT ___________________________________________________________________________________ | Card 2 | |_________________________________________________________________________________| | | Card | Program | | |Symbol | Columns | Variable | Description | |_______|_________|__________|____________________________________________________| | A | 1- 6 | HLA | Facility or lower antenna above mean sea level. | | | | | | | B | 7- 9 | IO | Code for facility antenna pattern: | | | | | 1 = Isotropic | | | | | 2 = DME | | | | | 3 = TACAN (RTA-2) | | | | | 4 = 4-loop array (cosine vertical pattern) | | | | | 5 = 8-loop array (cosine vertical pattern) | | | | | 6 = I or II (cosine vertical pattern) | | | | | 7 = JTAC with tilted antenna | | | | | | | C | 10-11 | JT | Code for antenna: | | | | | 0 = directive | | | | | >0= tracking | | | | | | | D | 12-13 | IPL | Code for polarization of facility antenna: | | | | | 1 = Horizontal | | | | | 2 = Vertical | | | | | 3 = Circular | | | | | Also used for reflection coefficient and | | | | | ground constants. | | | | | | | E | 14-18 | T1T | Tilt of the facility antenna main beam in degrees. | | | | | Not used for patterns 1-6. | | | | | | | F | 19-23 | H1PBW | HALF of the half-power-beam width of the | | | | | facility antenna. | | | | | Not used for patterns 1-6. | | | | | | | G | 24-28 | SUR | Elevation of the facility site surface above MSL. | | | | | | | H | 29-30 | IZ | Rainfall Zones: | | | | | 0 = No consideration | | | | | 1-6 = See Samson's maps | | | | | 7 = Add 0.5 dB times storm size to attenuation.| | | | | | | I | 31-33 | STS | Size of storm (5, 10, 0r 20 km). | | | | | | | J | 34-35 | KD | Code for terrain type options: | | | | | 1 = Smooth earth | | | | | 2 = Irregular terrain | | | | | | | K | 36-37 | KE | Code for horizon options: | | | | | 0 = None specified | | | | | 1 = ANGLE specified by IDG, IMN, and SEC | | | | | 2 = HEIGHT specified by HHOI | | | | | 3 = Both ANGLE and HEIGHT are specified. | | | | | | | L | 38-43 | DHSI | Terrain parameter delta h (ft) from table. | | | | | | | M | 44-49 | DHOI | Distance to facility radio horizon (n mi). | | | | | NOTE: Zero or negative values will result in | | | | | calculation of this parameter from others | | | | | (Figure 14). | | | | | | | N | 50-55 | HHOI | Elevation of facility radio horizon above MSL. | | | | | | | O | 56-58 | IDG | Facility radio horizon angle in degrees. | | | | | | | P | 59-61 | IMN | Minutes. | | | | | | | Q | 62-64 | ISEC | Seconds. | | | | | | | R | 65-70 | DCI | Diameter of facility counterpoise (ft). | | | | | NOTE: Zero or negative will cause the program | | | | | to assume that no counterpoise is present.| | | | | | | S | 71-76 | HCI | Height of facility counterpoise above site surface.| | | | | | | T | 77-78 | ICC | Code for counterpoise reflection material type. | | | | | (Same as for KSC on card 3.) | | | | | | |_______|_________|__________|____________________________________________________| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Column 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Card3: AAAAAABBBCCDDEEEEEFFFFFGGGGHHHHHHIIIIIIJJJJJJKKLLLLLMMMMMNNOOPPQQRRSSSTTTUUUVVV ___________________________________________________________________________________ | Card 3 | |_________________________________________________________________________________| | | Card | Program | | |Symbol | Columns | Variable | Description | |_______|_________|__________|____________________________________________________| | A | 1- 6 | HAI | Aircraft or higher antenna above mean sea level. | | | | | | | B | 7- 9 | IAA | Code for aircraft antenna pattern: | | | | | 1 = Isotropic | | | | | 2 = DME | | | | | 3 = TACAN (RTA-2) | | | | | 4 = 4-loop array (cosine vertical pattern) | | | | | 5 = 8-loop array (cosine vertical pattern) | | | | | 6 = I or II (cosine vertical pattern) | | | | | 7 = JTAC with tilt | | | | | | | C | 10-11 | JS | Code for antenna: | | | | | 0 = directive | | | | | >0= tracking | | | | | | | D | 12-13 | NPL | Code for polarization of aircraft antenna: | | | | | | | E | 14-18 | T2T | Tilt of the aircraft antenna main beam in degrees. | | | | | Not used for patterns 1-6. | | | | | | | F | 19-23 | H2PBW | HALF of the half-power-beamwidth of the | | | | | aircraft antenna. | | | | | Not used for patterns 1-6. | | | | | | | G | 24-27 | EN0 | Surface refractivity referred to sea level | | | | | (N-units) from Figure 3. | | | | | NOTE: 301 N-units will be used if value not | | | | | specified or <250 or >400 N-units. | | | | | | | H | 28-33 | F | Frequency (MHz) | | | | | | | I | 34-39 | EIRP | Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (dBW) for | | | | | Power Density and Power Available output. Sum of | | | | | the main bean gains in dB for Transmission Loss. | | | | | | | J | 40-45 | HPFI | Elevation of effective reflection surface above MSL| | | | | | | K | 46-47 | KSC | Code for earth reflection material type (Table 2): | | | | | 1 = sea water | | | | | 2 = good ground | | | | | 3 = average ground | | | | | 4 = poor ground | | | | | 5 = fresh water | | | | | 6 = concrete | | | | | 7 = metallic | | | | | | | L | 48-52 | TP | Temperature in Celsius (0, 10, 20) of the water. | | | | | | | M | 53-57 | SCK | Sigma in feet or meters if you do not use standard.| | | | | | | N | 58-59 | ISS | Code for sea state per table. | | | | | | | O | 60-61 | JM | Code for sigma: | | | | | 0 = use standard. | | | | | >0 = read in SCK. | | | | | | | P | 62-63 | IOS | Code for Ionospheric Scintillation index group: | | | | | 0-5 = See Figure 5, GOES Report. | | | | | -1 = Variable group. | | | | | | | Q | 64-65 | IPK | Code for frequency scaling factor: | | | | | 0 = not use. | | | | | 1 = (136/f) | | | | | | | R | 66-67 | JO | Code: | | | | | 0 = no scintillation. | | | | | >0 = scintillation. | | | | | | | S | 68-70 | KLM | Code for climate 1 and time blocks: | | | | | 0 = Continental all years | | | | | 1 = Equatorial | | | | | 2 = Continental subtropical | | | | | 3 = Maritime subtropical | | | | | 4 = Desert | | | | | 5 = Continental temperate | | | | | 6 = Maritime temperate overland | | | | | 7 = Maritime temperate overseas | | | | | 8 = None | | | | | 9 = Summer time block | | | | | 10 = Winter time block | | | | | 11-18 = Time blocks (1-8) | | | | | 19 = All year time block | | | | | | | T | 71-73 | MX1 | Code for mixing: | | | | | 0 = no mixing | | | | | >0 = weighting factor for climate 1. | | | | | | | U | 74-76 | KLM2 | Code for climate 2 using same codes as in KLM. | | | | | | | V | 77-79 | MX2 | Weighting factor for climate 2 when mixing. | | | | | | |_______|_________|__________|____________________________________________________|