Before a project is started, the exact coordinates of the future telemetry sites are obtained from either a GPS survey or from the customer's engineering data. Then, the proper selection of radio frequency band, transmitter power levels, antenna heights, antenna gains, and antenna boresight angles is achieved through a pre-job computer radio simulation. This simulation, which takes into account a terrain model imported from the digitized US Geological Survey database, ensures that any obstructions are located and overcome early in the design phase of the project. Since we do the homework up front, our telemetry systems provide solid inter-site communications "right out of the box".