--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: ghssimpsonville Site location: 34.7203 North / 82.2483 West (34° 43' 13" N / 82° 14' 53" W) Ground elevation: 892.39 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 932.39 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 110.74 feet Distance to gspnws_55: 11.38 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 8.03 degrees Depression angle to gspnws_55: -0.0117 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: gspnws_55 Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 55.00 feet AGL / 1006.44 feet AMSL Distance to ghssimpsonville: 11.38 miles Azimuth to ghssimpsonville: 188.05 degrees Depression angle to ghssimpsonville: -0.1530 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 ghssimpsonville and gspnws_55: Free space path loss: 101.04 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 108.53 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 7.49 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 57.49 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 200.44 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 245.49 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 2172.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 932.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.