//Chapter 6, Example 6.2, page 223 clc //Initialisation f=400 //frequency in MHz k=1.33 //k factor er=3 //dielectric conductivity sg=10**-4 //Earth effective conductivity eo=8.85*10**-12 //permittivity of free space re1=8500 //Effective Earth radius in Km c=3*10**8 //speed of light B=1 d=50 //Calculation kh=1.6*10**-3 //horizontal polarization using Fig. 6.2 kv=5*10**-3 //vertical polarization using Fig. 6.2 X=2.2*B*f**(1*3**-1)*re1**(-2*3**-1)*d //normalized length of the path FX=11+10*log10(X)-17.6*X //distance attenuation value //Results printf("(1) Kh = %.1f x 10**-3",(kh*10**3)) printf("\n Kv = %.1f x 10**-3",(kv*10**3)) printf("\n(2) F(X) = %.2f dB",FX)