--==[ 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 kb4ykj: 32.10 miles Azimuth to kb4ykj: 128.01 degrees Depression angle to kb4ykj: -1.0645 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kb4ykj Site location: 34.8259 North / 82.1622 West (34° 49' 33" N / 82° 9' 43" W) Ground elevation: 843.18 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 863.18 feet AMSL Distance to caesars_head_100: 32.10 miles Azimuth to caesars_head_100: 308.27 degrees Elevation angle to caesars_head_100: +0.6000 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 kb4ykj: Free space path loss: 110.05 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 110.13 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 0.08 dB Field strength at kb4ykj: 60.45 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 281.97 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 345.35 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kb4ykj must be raised to at least 183.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kb4ykj must be raised to at least 77.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.