Editing Path profile

{{Short description|Graphic representation of a radio propagation path}}
In [[telecommunications]], a '''path profile''' is a graphic representation of the physical features of a [[Wave propagation|propagation]] path in the vertical plane containing both endpoints of the path, showing the surface of the Earth and including trees, buildings, and other features that may obstruct the [[radio signal]].  

Profiles are drawn either with an [[effective Earth radius]] simulated by a parabolic arc--in which case the [[Ray (optics)|ray]] paths are drawn as straight lines--or with a ''"flat Earth"--'' in which case the ray paths are drawn as parabolic arcs.

==References==
{{FS1037C MS188}}

[[Category:Radio frequency propagation]]


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