Link Budget
by Radio & RF Calc in Other
Link budget: received power, fade margin and maximum free-space range from TX power, antenna gains, losses and sensitivity.
https://radio-calc.x402tookit.com/link-budget- Price
- $0.02
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 62.5%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 538 ms
- 973 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 5 h ago, next in 33 min
Reliability
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How to call it
GET https://radio-calc.x402tookit.com/link-budget
Each call costs $0.02 in USDC on Polygon, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://radio-calc.x402tookit.com/link-budget?distanceKm=5&frequencyMHz=868&lossesDb=2&rxGainDbi=2&sensitivityDbm=-120&txGainDbi=2&txPowerDbm=14Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
distanceKm | number | Yes | Link distance in kilometres |
frequencyMHz | number | Yes | Frequency in MHz |
lossesDb | number | No | Total cable, connector and other losses in dB (default 0) |
rxGainDbi | number | No | Receive antenna gain in dBi (default 0) |
sensitivityDbm | number | No | Receiver sensitivity in dBm (for example -120 for LoRa), to get the margin and max range |
txGainDbi | number | No | Transmit antenna gain in dBi (default 0) |
txPowerDbm | number | Yes | Transmitter output power in dBm |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"asOf": "2026-10-12T00:54:04.496Z",
"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.",
"eirpDbm": 14,
"fadeMarginDb": 30.81,
"freeSpacePathLossDb": 105.19,
"maxFreeSpaceRangeKm": 173.572,
"notChecked": [
"terrain, obstructions, Fresnel-zone blockage, rain and foliage loss",
"fading, interference and noise rise",
"…2 more"
],
"reasons": [
"Received = TX 14 + gains 4 - losses 2 - path loss 105.2.",
"10 dB or more of margin is a common minimum to absorb fading."
],
"receivedPowerDbm": -89.19,
"sensitivityDbm": -120,
"source": "computed locally (Friis transmission equation)",
"summary": "Received power -89.2 dBm over 5 km at 868 MHz (path loss 105.2 dB). Margin 30.8 dB; free-space range limit 173.57 km.",
"verdict": "LINK_HAS_MARGIN"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.02.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://radio-calc.x402tookit.com/link-budget?distanceKm=5&frequencyMHz=868&lossesDb=2&rxGainDbi=2&sensitivityDbm=-120&txGainDbi=2&txPowerDbm=14'
# 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/link-budget?distanceKm=5&frequencyMHz=868&lossesDb=2&rxGainDbi=2&sensitivityDbm=-120&txGainDbi=2&txPowerDbm=14' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// 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%2Flink-budget
const res = await pay("https://radio-calc.x402tookit.com/link-budget?distanceKm=5&frequencyMHz=868&lossesDb=2&rxGainDbi=2&sensitivityDbm=-120&txGainDbi=2&txPowerDbm=14");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# 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/link-budget?distanceKm=5&frequencyMHz=868&lossesDb=2&rxGainDbi=2&sensitivityDbm=-120&txGainDbi=2&txPowerDbm=14")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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