FCC 80.769 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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Sec. 80.769 Shadow loss.
Where the transmission path is obstructed the received signal must be
adjusted to include shadow loss. Attenuation due to shadowing must be taken
from Sec. 80.769 Graph 1, as follows:
(a) Inspect the map(s) to determine if a hill(s) obstructs an imaginary line
of sight (dashed line on illustrative profiles of Sec. 80.769 Graph 1 from the
average terrain elevation at the coast station antenna to the water level at
the ship location. If average terrain elevation exceeds the actual ground
elevation at the antenna site, the latter elevation must be used as the
average terrain elevation.
(b) If a hill appears to obstruct the radio path, plot the antenna site
elevation, the obstruction elevation and the height of the ship station on
rectangular coordinate paper using elevation above mean sea level as the
vertical scale and distance in statute miles as the horizontal scale. Then
draw a straight line between the antenna and the ship.
(c) If a hill obstructs the imaginary line of sight, determine its height
(H) above the imaginary line and its distance (D) from either the coast or
ship station, whichever is nearer, as illustrated by examples “A” and “B” on
Graph 1.
(d) Read the shadow loss from this Graph 1 and subtract that loss from the
computed received signal.
(e) Where more than one hill obstructs the transmission path, determine the
height and position of a single equivalent hill, as illustrated by example
“C” on this graph. Read the shadow loss from this graph for the equivalent
hill.
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