--==[ 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 ki4mln: 15.82 miles Azimuth to ki4mln: 324.22 degrees Elevation angle to ki4mln: +0.0160 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.6446 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: ki4mln Site location: 34.7814 North / 82.3068 West (34° 46' 53" N / 82° 18' 24" W) Ground elevation: 928.48 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 948.48 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 63.23 feet Distance to af4rn: 15.82 miles Azimuth to af4rn: 144.13 degrees Depression angle to af4rn: -0.2450 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1588 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 ki4mln: Free space path loss: 103.90 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 141.39 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 37.48 dB Field strength at ki4mln: 24.63 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 4.56 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 5.59 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between ki4mln and af4rn, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.7742 N, 82.3005 W, 0.61 miles, 935.04 feet AMSL 34.7699 N, 82.2967 W, 0.99 miles, 935.04 feet AMSL 34.7692 N, 82.2961 W, 1.04 miles, 948.16 feet AMSL 34.7686 N, 82.2956 W, 1.09 miles, 948.16 feet AMSL 34.7648 N, 82.2923 W, 1.41 miles, 941.60 feet AMSL 34.7623 N, 82.2901 W, 1.63 miles, 944.88 feet AMSL 34.7598 N, 82.2879 W, 1.84 miles, 944.88 feet AMSL 34.7592 N, 82.2873 W, 1.89 miles, 951.44 feet AMSL 34.7267 N, 82.2587 W, 4.67 miles, 898.95 feet AMSL 34.7229 N, 82.2554 W, 4.99 miles, 895.67 feet AMSL 34.7223 N, 82.2548 W, 5.04 miles, 895.67 feet AMSL 34.7217 N, 82.2543 W, 5.10 miles, 902.23 feet AMSL 34.7210 N, 82.2537 W, 5.15 miles, 915.35 feet AMSL 34.7204 N, 82.2532 W, 5.20 miles, 935.04 feet AMSL 34.6954 N, 82.2312 W, 7.34 miles, 889.11 feet AMSL 34.6947 N, 82.2306 W, 7.39 miles, 889.11 feet AMSL 34.6941 N, 82.2301 W, 7.44 miles, 895.67 feet AMSL 34.6935 N, 82.2295 W, 7.50 miles, 898.95 feet AMSL 34.6835 N, 82.2207 W, 8.35 miles, 892.39 feet AMSL 34.6828 N, 82.2202 W, 8.40 miles, 892.39 feet AMSL 34.6822 N, 82.2196 W, 8.46 miles, 892.39 feet AMSL 34.6816 N, 82.2191 W, 8.51 miles, 895.67 feet AMSL 34.6810 N, 82.2185 W, 8.56 miles, 905.51 feet AMSL 34.5983 N, 82.1460 W, 15.61 miles, 764.44 feet AMSL 34.5976 N, 82.1455 W, 15.66 miles, 767.72 feet AMSL Antenna at ki4mln must be raised to at least 937.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ki4mln must be raised to at least 8345.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ki4mln must be raised to at least 5382.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.