Radio Regulations

Source: the Radio Regulations published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

All IBR Recommendations

As incorporated in RR-2020

This is not the text in force. It is the version of this Recommendation that RR-2020 gave treaty-binding force, kept so that the incorporated set can be read as it stood at each conference.

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Recommendation ITU-R P.525-4

Mandatory (1978-1982-1994-2016-2019)

Calculation of free-space attenuation

Version history

Version evolution

The number in each cell (e.g. −9) is the Recommendation's revision number — the “-9” in ITU-R M.585-9, not a negative value. So −8 → −9 means the binding reference moved from the 8th to the 9th revision.

RR-2008
RR-2012 -2
RR-2016 -2
RR-2020 -4
RR-2024 -4

Incorporated into the RR by

RR provisions, footnotes and Resolutions that incorporate this Recommendation

Footnote

Resolution

Bands and services are derived from the footnotes of the Radio Regulations as they stand, so they are shown only on the edition in force.

Scope

Recommendation ITU-R P.525 provides methods to calculate the attenuation in free space.

Keywords

Free space attenuation telecommunication links

Recommends

  1. that the methods in the Annex should be used for the calculation of attenuation in free space.

Source: ITU Radio Regulations, editions of 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. The English, French and Spanish texts are each taken from the official edition in that language, not translated from one another. Sources and citation.