RF Design Tools
RF Design Tools
The following tools are courtesy of
Green Bay Professional Packet Radio
- Wireless Network Link Analysis
- Calculates approximate received power levels and fade margins for microwave wireless links
- Parabolic Reflector Gain and Focal Point Calculator
- Calculates the gain, focal point, and radiation distances for parabolic dishes
- Fresnel Zone Calculator
- Calculates the required Fresnel zone clearances for a point-to-point link
- Antenna Up/Down Tilt Calculator
- Calculates the required antenna tilt to compensate for Earth curvature
- Distance & Bearing Calculator
- Calculates the distance and bearing between two geographic points
- Omnidirectional Antenna Beamwidth Analysis
- Estimates the coverage of a vertical antenna pattern
- Return Loss Calculator
- Calculates return loss given forward/reverse power or SWR
- Environmental Factor Analysis
- Lame attempt at one of those overpriced geographic RF pattern programs
- Knife Edge Diffraction Loss Calculator
- Calculates knife edge obstruction attenuation
- Decibel Conversion Calculator
- Converts various values referenced to/from decibels
- Scattering Parameters Are Fun!
- Calculates gamma in/out from s-parameters, experimental
- Lumped Component Wilkinson Splitter / Combiner Designer
- Design Wilkinson splitters/combiners for use under 400 MHz
- Pi & Tee Network Resistive Attenuation Calculator
- Design resistive attenuators
- United States Frequency Allocations 30 - 3000 MHz
- Retrieve the FCC band allocation for any frequency
- Voltage To Power Conversion Calculator
- Convert AC voltages to power
- RF Safety Compliance Calculator
- Determines if your ERP will kill people
- Approximate Air Coil Inductance Calculator
- Calculates the approximate value of an air coil inductor
- Stripline Analysis & Design
- Calculates the required width for making strip transmission lines
- Calculating Phase Line Length
- Calculates coaxial phase line lengths
- 3-Pole Butterworth Characteristic Bandpass Filter Calculator
- Designs simple 3-pole bandpass filters
- RF Pi Network Designer
- Designs Pi type networks for transforming impedances
- PLL 3rd Order Passive Loop Filter Calculator
- Designs passive loop filters for phase lock loops
