--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==--

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Transmitter site: ghsgreer
Site location: 34.9208 North / 82.2442 West (34° 55' 14" N / 82° 14' 39" W)
Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 991.44 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 55.98 feet
Distance to kj4ctd: 9.75 miles
Azimuth to kj4ctd: 355.01 degrees
Elevation angle to kj4ctd: +0.0350 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1842 degrees

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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
Antenna height above average terrain: 10.43 feet
Distance to ghsgreer: 9.75 miles
Azimuth to ghsgreer: 175.00 degrees
Depression angle to ghsgreer: -0.1761 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1664 degrees

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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

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Summary for the link between ghsgreer and kj4ctd:

Free space path loss: 99.70 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 121.94 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 22.24 dB
Field strength at kj4ctd: 44.08 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 42.82 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 52.44 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between kj4ctd and ghsgreer, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.9573 N,  82.2481 W,  7.22 miles, 1010.50 feet AMSL
    34.9482 N,  82.2471 W,  7.85 miles, 1020.34 feet AMSL
    34.9465 N,  82.2469 W,  7.97 miles, 1020.34 feet AMSL
    34.9449 N,  82.2467 W,  8.08 miles, 1040.03 feet AMSL
    34.9440 N,  82.2466 W,  8.14 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL
    34.9424 N,  82.2465 W,  8.25 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL
    34.9415 N,  82.2464 W,  8.31 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL

Antenna at kj4ctd must be raised to at least 354.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at kj4ctd must be raised to at least 3622.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at kj4ctd must be raised to at least 1997.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.