--==[ 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 Distance to kj4gjg: 18.00 miles Azimuth to kj4gjg: 93.09 degrees Depression angle to kj4gjg: -1.4958 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -1.4952 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kj4gjg Site location: 35.0983 North / 82.2901 West (35° 5' 53" N / 82° 17' 24" W) Ground elevation: 1040.03 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1060.03 feet AMSL Distance to caesars_head: 18.00 miles Azimuth to caesars_head: 273.27 degrees Elevation angle to caesars_head: +1.2354 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +1.7376 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 kj4gjg: Free space path loss: 105.02 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 105.56 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 0.54 dB Field strength at kj4gjg: 60.46 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 282.06 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 345.46 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between kj4gjg and caesars_head, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 35.0984 N, 82.2925 W, 0.14 miles, 1082.68 feet AMSL Antenna at kj4gjg must be raised to at least 28.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kj4gjg must be raised to at least 145.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kj4gjg must be raised to at least 96.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.