Fresnel Zone

{
  "asOf": "2026-10-12T00:54:03.969Z",
  "clearance60PercentMeters": 10.603,
  "degraded": false,
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "distanceKm": 10,
  "earthBulgeAtPointMetersK43": 1.47,
  "frequencyGHz": 2.4,
  "midpointFirstZoneRadiusMeters": 17.672,
  "notChecked": [
    "terrain profile and obstacle heights along the path",
    "Earth curvature bulge (about 0.0785 d^2 / k metres at the middle for d in km)",
    "…1 more"
  ],
  "pointKmFromTransmitter": 5,
  "radiusMeters": 17.672,
  "reasons": [
    "Clearance of at least 60% of the first zone radius keeps diffraction loss negligible.",
    "Midpoint first-zone radius is 17.67 m."
  ],
  "source": "computed locally (Fresnel zone geometry)",
  "summary": "Zone 1 radius is 17.67 m at 5 km from the transmitter; keep 60% (10.6 m) clear.",
  "verdict": "COMPUTED",
  "wavelengthMeters": 0.12491,
  "zone": 1
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://radio-calc.x402tookit.com/fresnel-zone?distanceKm=10&frequencyGHz=2.4'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://radio-calc.x402tookit.com/fresnel-zone?distanceKm=10&frequencyGHz=2.4' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fradio-calc.x402tookit.com%2Ffresnel-zone
const res = await pay("https://radio-calc.x402tookit.com/fresnel-zone?distanceKm=10&frequencyGHz=2.4");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://radio-calc.x402tookit.com/fresnel-zone?distanceKm=10&frequencyGHz=2.4")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)