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Deriving The FSL Equation

The document derives the Free Space Loss (FSL) equation, which is sometimes referred to as the Friis formula. It starts with the equation for received power flux density and multiplies it by the effective area of the receiving antenna. The effective area is related to the antenna's gain. Substituting these relationships and rearranging leads to the standard FSL equation of FSL = 32.4 + 20 log(f) + 20 log(d), where f is the frequency in MHz and d is the distance in kilometers.

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Deriving The FSL Equation

The document derives the Free Space Loss (FSL) equation, which is sometimes referred to as the Friis formula. It starts with the equation for received power flux density and multiplies it by the effective area of the receiving antenna. The effective area is related to the antenna's gain. Substituting these relationships and rearranging leads to the standard FSL equation of FSL = 32.4 + 20 log(f) + 20 log(d), where f is the frequency in MHz and d is the distance in kilometers.

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Deriving the FSL equation

This is sometimes referred to as the Friis formula. We start with the equation for
received power flux density,

To find the power received, we multiply by the effective area of the antenna

The effective area Ae of an antenna is related to its gain

Substituting:

rearranging:

Usually, we refer to path loss between isotropic antennas, so

Remembering:

And finally

In useful units of MHz, dB and km

Which after putting in the constants and correcting for units of MHz and km leads us
to the standard result:

FSL = 32.4 + 20 log(f) + 20 log(d)

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