[TowerTalk] HAAT calculator

[Pete Smith]

For HF operation, HAAT is fundamentally irrelevant.  Average terrain elevation from 43KM to 16 KM is, at most, only a small part of the picture.  The best tool available for hams is HFTA (HF Terrain Analysis), which relates the effects of local topography to the arrival angles of the desired signals.  

Line-of-sight frequencies are a different matter, of course.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 04:49 PM 1/7/2006, D. Scott MacKenzie wrote:
>OK - I tried it - and not surprisingly, it shows I am down in a hole - with
>the average decifficent being -14 meters.  The only way out is to raise the
>antennas substantially, or use a much higher angle of radiation...now my
>question -  can I tilt my antenna upwards to partially compensate for the
>local terrain?
>
>Thanks
>
>Scott
>
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>[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Joe Giacobello
>Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 11:01 AM
>To: ersmar at comcast.net
>Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HAAT calculator
>
>
>Seems to work well with inputted GPS data.  The results all seem
>reasonable.  I guess I won't be doing much LOS DXing!
>
>73 and thanks for the info.
>
>Joe
>
>ersmar at comcast.net wrote:
>
>>TT:
>>
>>     The ARRL's web site has a reference to a page on the FCC's site  to
>calculate HAAT (Height Above Average Terrain):
>http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2006/01/06/1/?nc=1    For those of you not
>familiar with the concept, when applying for various FCC-issued licenses, an
>applicant is required to determine the height of his proposed antenna's
>radiation center above the average elevation of the terrain around the
>proposed transmitter location, averaged over a distance from 3 kM to 16 kM
>away, along eight or more radials.
>>
>>     I was extremely delighted to find that my Skyhawk's HAAT is 29 Meters
>for the full 360-degree azimuth.  However, that figure is actually negative
>from approx. 330 to 350 degrees.  So much for eastern Asia and PacRim
>stations.
>>
>>73 de
>>Gene Smar  AD3F
>>QTH: just north of WDC
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