--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==--

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Transmitter site: af4ee
Site location: 34.7884 North / 82.6962 West (34° 47' 18" N / 82° 41' 46" W)
Ground elevation: 1030.18 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1050.18 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 92.98 feet
Distance to ke4hgx: 7.53 miles
Azimuth to ke4hgx: 80.13 degrees
Depression angle to ke4hgx: -0.1727 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1232 degrees

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Receiver site: ke4hgx
Site location: 34.8070 North / 82.5653 West (34° 48' 25" N / 82° 33' 55" W)
Ground elevation: 948.16 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 968.16 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 5.49 feet
Distance to af4ee: 7.53 miles
Azimuth to af4ee: 260.21 degrees
Elevation angle to af4ee: +0.0636 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.5834 degrees

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Longley-Rice path calculation parameters used in this analysis:

Earth's Dielectric Constant: 15.000
Earth's Conductivity: 0.005 Siemens/meter
Atmospheric Bending Constant (N-units): 301.000 ppm
Frequency: 146.520 MHz
Radio Climate: 5 (Continental Temperate)
Polarization: 1 (Vertical)
Fraction of Situations: 50.0%
Fraction of Time: 60.0%
Transmitter ERP: 35 Watts

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Summary for the link between af4ee and ke4hgx:

Free space path loss: 97.46 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 125.30 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 27.85 dB
Field strength at ke4hgx: 40.72 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 29.06 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 35.59 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ke4hgx and af4ee, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.8064 N,  82.5691 W,  0.22 miles, 980.97 feet AMSL
    34.8063 N,  82.5699 W,  0.26 miles, 987.53 feet AMSL
    34.8062 N,  82.5708 W,  0.31 miles, 997.38 feet AMSL
    34.8061 N,  82.5716 W,  0.36 miles, 1010.50 feet AMSL
    34.8022 N,  82.5988 W,  1.93 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL
    34.8020 N,  82.6005 W,  2.02 miles, 1059.71 feet AMSL
    34.8010 N,  82.6071 W,  2.40 miles, 1066.27 feet AMSL

Antenna at ke4hgx must be raised to at least 138.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ke4hgx must be raised to at least 2087.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ke4hgx must be raised to at least 944.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.