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Probe 3 Features:
Supports multiple station coverage analysis
- Propagation Models: FCC Standard model, Longley-Rice, Line of Sight / Shadow,
the PTP (point-to-point) method and the modified PTP-2, Okumura/Hata/Davidson
and COST-231/Hata, and the I.L.L.R. (Satellite Home viewers Act.) TIREM
(Terrain Independent Rough Earth Model) is available as an option.
- An unlimited number of signal contours can be added to any map
- Ability to generate first, last and mean signal contours from all
propagation models
- Choice of displaying strongest signal or actual signal for multiple station studies
- Implements user adjustable land-cover databases which default to U.S.
standard TSB-88A
values
- User selectable working field strength units - uV/m, mV/m, dBmV/m, V/m, dBV/m and power units of
watts, dBW, dBm and dBk
- Uses interpolated signal drawing and edge smoothing for spectacular signal rendering
- Selectable gradient shading effects provide gradual signal transitions between cutoff
values
- Full WYSIWYG interface allows the user to see and to adjust what will appear on
printer before its printed
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Zoom to any selected map scale using the zoom tool. Define an area with
the zoom tool and fill the screen with it
Fully configurable map overlays (colors, line thickness, etc.) including political
boundaries, roads, railroads, metropolitan areas (city polygons), lakes and large rivers
(as polygons), streams, county lines, county names and city names
Selectable map projections
Selectable datum, NAD 27 or NAD 83. Coordinates allow fractions of seconds.
Map Features "color schemes" allow users to save and load color settings as user defined schemes
The backdrop features provides the following
backdrops; topographic, land use, towers, census scattergram and census
density in people per square km. Properties such as, population database,
color and density spacing are user defined.
User defined bitmaps such as logo’s can be added to the maps
For U.S. roads uses advanced roads database providing road atlas style maps with highway sign labels.
Global roads system included.
For U.S. and U.S. territory, street-level detail to the smallest
street
Ability to plot land-cover as a
backdrop for created maps
Ability to plot city shaped polygons
above and below the signal layer
User defined tick marks or grid lines
Ability to plot signal interference in a transparent layer so that map
features below can be seen
Extensive location name database for adding geographic place names to the map
Arrow pointer drawing tool provides the ability to place arrows pointing to any map
object or signal contour.
Label tools allow transparent labeling and blocked labeling with
selectable foreground background colors.
Ability to display (and shade) signal contour overlap
regions and count the population within them
Population scattergram or tower location overlays can be added to maps
The
Polygon creation tool allows
the user to define a shape on the map and then calculate its area and
population. The shape defined by the cursor can them be assigned any color
or thickness.
Allows for color coded D/U ratios to be
plotted on the map. Especially
useful in booster studies to define areas of co-interference.
Prints to any Windows printer at its highest possible resolution achieving unparalleled
output quality. Prints to 8 1/2" X 11", 17" X
11" or larger paper. Compatible with Adobe Acrobat PDF distiller. Separate
printers can be defined within the program for graphical and text output
Page setup templates (including layout
and labeling) can be saved and restored on command. Variable processing
allows variables to be used to represent study parameters shown on the
legend (labels will automatically update with configuration change to
transmitters other study changes).
- Ability to include land-cover database attenuations in signal calculations
- Tabular output of signal values can be saved to an Excel file
- Export maps to BMP, GIF, JPG and PNG graphic files with a user selectable resolution
- Imports and Exports MPI (MapInfo) files MPI for use with GIS programs
- Coverage matcher computes the required antenna pattern needed to match another TV or DTV
station - even at a different site
- Pattern editor displays antenna pattern graphs, edits patterns and loads
or saves FCC azimuth and vertical elevation field antenna patterns
- BMP compare Switch utility can be used for instantaneous A/B comparisons between up to 8
maps
- Transmitter and terrain properties can
be changed in study type and signal or interference shown on the map
will automatically be recalculated without needing to create a new
study. Also allows for new stations to be added to interference studies
without redoing the study.
- Provides
the ability to use custom Desired to Undesired signal ratios and specify
a threshold for reception.
- Allows the
user to specify which stations from the database are to be considered
for masking and interactively choose/edit these stations.
- Allows the user to import
area-to-locate studies from V-Soft Communications frequency search
programs SearchFM and FMCont.
- Import duopoly studies from V-Soft
Communications InterDLG and Duopoly to be plotted on a Probe map.
- Comprehensive Windows help file and printed manual
- Much more... Call us at 800 743-3684 to discuss additional features.
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