--==[ 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 kb1efa: 1.90 miles Azimuth to kb1efa: 62.31 degrees Elevation angle to kb1efa: +0.3788 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kb1efa Site location: 34.6086 North / 82.1142 West (34° 36' 30" N / 82° 6' 51" W) Ground elevation: 807.09 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 827.09 feet AMSL Distance to af4rn: 1.90 miles Azimuth to af4rn: 242.33 degrees Depression angle to af4rn: -0.4064 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.3978 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 kb1efa: Free space path loss: 85.51 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 98.88 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 13.37 dB Field strength at kb1efa: 67.14 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 608.72 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 745.53 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kb1efa must be raised to at least 635.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kb1efa must be raised to at least 276.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.