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YOUR CHOICES FOR THE INPUT PARAMETERS.  ON THE SETTINGS TAB, I FILLED IN MY
HOME LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE AND CHOSE THE PSEUDO MAP STYLE AND HIGH MAP
RESOLUTION.  THE ANT TAB LETS YOU SELECT ANTENNA PATTERNS FROM THE DROP
DOWN MENU FOR BOTH THE TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE ENDS OF THE PROPAGATION PATH.
DOUBLE CLICK THE FREQUENCY BUTTON TO SEE THE ANTENNA PATTERN.  I CHOSE
ISOTROPE ANTENNAS FOR BOTH ENDS OF THE LINK TO GET THE MOST CONSERVATIVE
PROPAGATION MAP.  CLICK ON THE MAP TAB AND SELECT A FREQUENCY BUTTON AND
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UTC TIME.  HAMCAP WILL GENERATE A COLOR CODED MAP AFTER A FEW SECONDS.  YOU
CAN THEN REFER TO TABLE 1 TO ESTIMATE THE APPROXIMATE RANGE AND COVERAGE
FROM YOUR LOCATION USING THE LISTED MODES.  MOUSING OVER THE MAP REVEALS
LATITUDE/ LONGITUDE, SNR IN 1 HZ BANDWIDTH, ANTENNA PATTERN ELEVATION,
PROPAGATION MODE, AND MAXIMUM USABLE FREQUENCY AT THE MOUSE POINTER
LOCATION RELATIVE TO YOUR HOME LOCATION, ON THE BOTTOM BAR OF THE MAP
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