--==[ 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 paris_mountain_100: 28.28 miles Azimuth to paris_mountain_100: 327.69 degrees Elevation angle to paris_mountain_100: +0.3259 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: paris_mountain_100 Site location: 34.9413 North / 82.4107 West (34° 56' 28" N / 82° 24' 38" W) Ground elevation: 2040.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 100.00 feet AGL / 2140.68 feet AMSL Distance to af4rn: 28.28 miles Azimuth to af4rn: 147.53 degrees Depression angle to af4rn: -0.7351 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 paris_mountain_100: Free space path loss: 108.95 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 114.81 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 5.87 dB Field strength at paris_mountain_100: 51.20 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 97.23 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 119.09 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at paris_mountain_100 must be raised to at least 13621.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at paris_mountain_100 must be raised to at least 7153.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.