Worth Data 701 RF manual Determining coverage areas for Base Stations and Relays

Determining coverage areas for Base Stations and Relays

As we said before, it is almost impossible to predict the effective RF communications range in a given environment. The typical area of coverage is a 1000 - 3000 ft. radius.

After a Site Test, if you have determined that you will need to add Relays to cover the area you want to operate in, you will need to determine where to place your Relay in relation to your Base Station. To effectively cover an area, there must be overlap between the area covered by the Base Station and the area covered by the Relay. The example below shows what can happen with no area overlap:

As you can see, the only area adequately covered is in a path where the two circles touch. The “dead space” is completely without coverage. Alternatively, locating the Base Station and Relay as shown below results in better coverage:

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