--==[ 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 Distance to kj4ctd: 20.04 miles Azimuth to kj4ctd: 100.10 degrees Depression angle to kj4ctd: -1.3571 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kj4ctd Site location: 35.0614 North / 82.2592 West (35° 3' 41" N / 82° 15' 33" W) Ground elevation: 1066.27 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1086.27 feet AMSL Distance to caesars_head_100: 20.04 miles Azimuth to caesars_head_100: 280.30 degrees Elevation angle to caesars_head_100: +1.0671 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 kj4ctd: Free space path loss: 105.96 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 114.03 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 8.07 dB Field strength at kj4ctd: 56.55 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 179.88 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 220.30 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kj4ctd must be raised to at least 281.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kj4ctd must be raised to at least 142.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.