VOACAP

VOACAP (Voice of America Coverage Analysis Program)[1] is a radio propagation model that uses empirical data to predict the point-to-point path loss and coverage of a given transceiver if given as inputs: two antennas (configuration and position), solar weather, and time/date. Written in Fortran it was originally designed for Voice of America.

VOACAP HF coverage prediction
VOACAP HF propagation prediction

Some movies on the coverage during daytime can be found here.[2]

Simulating HF propagation conditions

Currently versions based on the original source tree exist for Windows, Linux (voacapl)[3] and OSX.[4] The program core uses text files for I/O and a bunch of wrappers now exist. Besides commercial visualization tools, there are also Open Source implementations with GUI, i.e. the pythonProp project.[5][6]

For immediate results, there is an online interface for both the coverage[7] and the prediction.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official Homepage: http://www.voacap.com/
  2. ↑ Movies of the HF coverage during daytime http://g.ziegenhain.com/2012/07/22/qrp-propagation-simulation-one-day-on-all-ham-bands/
  3. ↑ Voacap under Linux http://www.qsl.net/hz1jw/voacapl/index.html
  4. ↑ Installing Voacap under OSX http://g.ziegenhain.com/2012/07/installation-of-voacap-under-osx
  5. ↑ pythonProp - Interface for Voacap http://www.qsl.net/hz1jw/pythonprop/
  6. ↑ Installing pythonProp under Debian Linux http://gerolf.ziegenhain.com/2012/07/installation-of-pythonprop-under-debian
  7. ↑ Online Voacap coverage http://www.voacap.com/coverage.html
  8. ↑ Online Voacap prediction http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html
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