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RF Calculator For Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Program: Enter Enter

This document contains an RF calculator for use in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It allows users to perform various radio frequency calculations including converting between units like dBm, watts, dBW, uV, and calculating things like path loss over distance, antenna isolation, and field strength at a given frequency and power level. The calculator provides results for 10 example calculations involving conversions between common RF units and determining parameters like isolation and field strength.

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644 views

RF Calculator For Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Program: Enter Enter

This document contains an RF calculator for use in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It allows users to perform various radio frequency calculations including converting between units like dBm, watts, dBW, uV, and calculating things like path loss over distance, antenna isolation, and field strength at a given frequency and power level. The calculator provides results for 10 example calculations involving conversions between common RF units and determining parameters like isolation and field strength.

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Vivek Reddy Devagudi
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RF Calculator for Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program

1. Find Free Space (clear line of sight) Path Loss


Enter 460.0000 MHz
Enter 2.0000 miles, Path length
Answer 95.8758 dB Path Loss

2. Convert watts to dBm and dBW


Enter 4.0000 watt
Answer 36.0206 dBm
Answer 6.0206 dBW

3. Convert dBm to watts


Enter 30.9690 dBm
Answer 1.2500 watts

4. Convert uV to dBm (50 ohm impedance)


Enter -23.1700 uV
Answer -79.6912 dBm

5. Convert dBm to uV (50 ohm impedance)


Enter 23.6700 dBm
Answer 3411811.2914 uV

6. Convert dBW to uV (50 ohm impedance)


Enter -16.9897 dBW
Answer 1000.0000 uV

Convert dBuV to dBm


Enter 30 dBuV
Answer -77 dBm

7. Calculate Vertical Ant - Ant Isolation (dipole up/down gain = 0)


Enter 0.0000 dB: Top antenna gain toward bottom antenna
Enter 0.0000 dB: Bottom antenna gain toward top antenna
Enter 10.0000 feet (Vertical separation)
Enter 450.0000 MHz
Answer 54.4087 dB Isolation

8. Calculate Horizontal Ant - Ant Isolation (dipole left/right gain = 0)


Enter 0.0000 dB: Left antenna gain toward right antenna
Enter 0.0000 dB: Right antenna gain toward left antenna
Enter 100.0000 feet(Horiz)
Enter 450.0000 Mhz
Answer 55.2043 dB Isolation

9. Convert dBm and Freq. to Field Strength in dBu and uV/meter (relative to a dipole)
Enter 450.0000 MHz

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Enter -100.0000 dBm


Answer 28.0643 dBu
Answer 25.3054 uV/meter

10. Calculate distance to horizon (smooth earth)


Enter 5000.0000 feet, ant. height
Answer 100.0000 miles

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