//Chapter 6, Example 6.4, page 233 clc //Initialisation f=150*10**6 //frequency in Hz c1=3*10**8 //speed of light h11=60 //in metre d11=2000 //in metre d1=259.6 //in metre b=2000 //in metre a=250 //in metre h21=80 //in metre d21=7259 //in metre c=7250 //in metre //Calculation h=c1*f**-1 //wavelength v1=h11*sqrt((2*(h*d1)**-1)+(1*d11**-1)) L1=6.9+20*log10(sqrt((v1-0.1)**2+1)+v1-0.1) //path diffraction loss v2=h21*sqrt((2*(h*d11)**-1)+(1*d21**-1)) L2=6.9+20*log10(sqrt((v2-0.1)**2+1)+v2-0.1) //path diffraction loss //Results printf("Diffraction loss L1 = %.2f dB",L1) printf("\n L2 = %.2f dB",L2)