--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: af4rn Site location: 34.5958 North / 82.1438 West (34° 35' 44" N / 82° 8' 37" W) Ground elevation: 738.19 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 758.19 feet AMSL Distance to ghssimpsonville: 10.45 miles Azimuth to ghssimpsonville: 325.41 degrees Elevation angle to ghssimpsonville: +0.1052 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.6419 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: ghssimpsonville Site location: 34.7203 North / 82.2483 West (34° 43' 13" N / 82° 14' 53" W) Ground elevation: 892.39 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 932.39 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 110.74 feet Distance to af4rn: 10.45 miles Azimuth to af4rn: 145.35 degrees Depression angle to af4rn: -0.2565 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.2450 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary for the link between af4rn and ghssimpsonville: Free space path loss: 100.30 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 129.56 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 29.25 dB Field strength at ghssimpsonville: 36.46 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 17.81 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 21.81 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between ghssimpsonville and af4rn, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.6966 N, 82.2285 W, 1.99 miles, 892.39 feet AMSL 34.6960 N, 82.2279 W, 2.04 miles, 918.64 feet AMSL 34.6953 N, 82.2274 W, 2.09 miles, 918.64 feet AMSL 34.5983 N, 82.1460 W, 10.24 miles, 764.44 feet AMSL 34.5977 N, 82.1454 W, 10.29 miles, 767.72 feet AMSL Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 558.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 5429.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 3481.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.