--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: caesars_head_100 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 kb4rdv: 24.74 miles Azimuth to kb4rdv: 142.22 degrees Depression angle to kb4rdv: -1.2171 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kb4rdv Site location: 34.8295 North / 82.3409 West (34° 49' 46" N / 82° 20' 27" W) Ground elevation: 938.32 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 958.32 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 37.83 feet Distance to caesars_head_100: 24.74 miles Azimuth to caesars_head_100: 322.38 degrees Elevation angle to caesars_head_100: +0.8591 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: 100 Watts ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary for the link between caesars_head_100 and kb4rdv: Free space path loss: 107.79 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 111.08 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 3.30 dB Field strength at kb4rdv: 59.50 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 252.55 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 309.32 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kb4rdv must be raised to at least 188.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kb4rdv must be raised to at least 80.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.