--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: caesars_head Site location: 35.1128 North / 82.6081 West (35° 6' 45" N / 82° 36' 28" W) Ground elevation: 3024.93 feet AMSL Antenna height: 300.00 feet AGL / 3324.93 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 1317.04 feet Distance to ghstr: 13.07 miles Azimuth to ghstr: 136.97 degrees Depression angle to ghstr: -1.9236 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: ghstr Site location: 34.9744 North / 82.4506 West (34° 58' 27" N / 82° 27' 2" W) Ground elevation: 1082.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 1122.68 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 39.37 feet Distance to caesars_head: 13.07 miles Azimuth to caesars_head: 317.06 degrees Elevation angle to caesars_head: +1.7346 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 caesars_head and ghstr: Free space path loss: 102.24 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 102.19 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: -0.05 dB Field strength at ghstr: 63.83 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 415.88 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 509.35 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 103.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 49.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.