SPLAT!

SPLAT! (short for an RF Signal Propagation, Loss, And Terrain analysis tool[1]) is a GNU GPL-licensed terrestrial radio propagation model application initially written for Linux but has since been ported for Windows and OS X. SPLAT! can use the Longley-Rice path loss and coverage prediction using the Irregular Terrain Model to predict the behaviour and reliability of radio links, and to predict path loss.

SRTM filenames refer to the latitude and longitude of the southwest corner of the topographic dataset contained within the file. Therefore, the region of interest must lie north and east of the latitude and longitude provided in the SRTM filename.

## History

Development started in 1997 by John A. Magliacane, KD2BD. The latest version 1.4.2 was published in 2014. In 2020 several authors started the development of a completely reworked version which was not published yet.[2] The authors introduce multithreading, georeferenced outputs (GeoTIFF) and metrication as defaults.

## References

1. ↑ "SPLAT! KD2BD Software : Name : RF Signal Propagation, Loss, And Terrain analysis tool" (PDF). http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/splat.pdf.
2. ↑ "GitHub - hoche/splat at 2.0-alpha" (in en). https://github.com/hoche/splat.

## External links

* SPLAT! Website
* Stumbleupon's review (From Wayback Machine, as StumbleUpon is defunct.)
* TV Technology article
* Surfin': SPLAT That Path Online Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, discussed the use of SPLAT! in an ARRLWeb feature article.
* W5GFE SignalServer WebSite An online interface for SPLAT! used by amateur radio operators worldwide.
* Microwave Radio Path Analysis An interactive CGI for SPLAT! covering the United States.

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