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

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Transmitter site: aj4ik
Site location: 34.7535 North / 82.2393 West (34° 45' 12" N / 82° 14' 21" W)
Ground elevation: 813.65 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 833.65 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 4.49 feet
Distance to ghsgreer: 11.56 miles
Azimuth to ghsgreer: 358.63 degrees
Elevation angle to ghsgreer: +0.0644 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.2711 degrees

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Receiver site: ghsgreer
Site location: 34.9208 North / 82.2442 West (34° 55' 14" N / 82° 14' 39" W)
Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 991.44 feet AMSL
Distance to aj4ik: 11.56 miles
Azimuth to aj4ik: 178.63 degrees
Depression angle to aj4ik: -0.2318 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.2036 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 aj4ik and ghsgreer:

Free space path loss: 101.18 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 125.49 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 24.31 dB
Field strength at ghsgreer: 40.52 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 28.43 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 34.82 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ghsgreer and aj4ik, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.8418 N,  82.2419 W,  5.46 miles, 908.79 feet AMSL
    34.8360 N,  82.2417 W,  5.86 miles, 912.07 feet AMSL
    34.8293 N,  82.2415 W,  6.33 miles, 905.51 feet AMSL
    34.8285 N,  82.2415 W,  6.38 miles, 925.20 feet AMSL
    34.8218 N,  82.2413 W,  6.84 miles, 918.64 feet AMSL
    34.8168 N,  82.2411 W,  7.19 miles, 912.07 feet AMSL
    34.8152 N,  82.2411 W,  7.30 miles, 928.48 feet AMSL
    34.8143 N,  82.2411 W,  7.36 miles, 935.04 feet AMSL
    34.7752 N,  82.2399 W, 10.07 miles, 869.42 feet AMSL
    34.7735 N,  82.2399 W, 10.18 miles, 872.70 feet AMSL
    34.7718 N,  82.2398 W, 10.30 miles, 872.70 feet AMSL
    34.7710 N,  82.2398 W, 10.36 miles, 879.27 feet AMSL
    34.7702 N,  82.2398 W, 10.41 miles, 879.27 feet AMSL

Antenna at ghsgreer must be raised to at least 421.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ghsgreer must be raised to at least 5008.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ghsgreer must be raised to at least 1925.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.