SPLAT!
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SPLAT! (short for an RF Signal Propagation, Loss, And Terrain analysis tool[1]) is a GNU GPL-licensed terrestrial radio propagation model application initially written for Linux but has since been ported for Windows and OS X. SPLAT! can use the Longley-Rice path loss and coverage prediction using the Irregular Terrain Model to predict the behaviour and reliability of radio links, and to predict path loss.
History
[edit]Development started in 1997 by John A. Magliacane, KD2BD. The latest version 1.4.2 was published in 2014. In 2020 several authors started the development of a completely reworked version which was not published yet.[2] The authors introduce multithreading, georeferenced outputs (GeoTIFF) and metrication as defaults.
References
[edit]- ^ "SPLAT! KD2BD Software : Name : RF Signal Propagation, Loss, And Terrain analysis tool" (PDF). Qsl.net. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ "GitHub - hoche/splat at 2.0-alpha". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
External links
[edit]- SPLAT! Website
- Stumbleupon's review (From Wayback Machine, as StumbleUpon is defunct.)
- TV Technology article