--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: ghstr Site location: 34.9744 North / 82.4506 West (34° 58' 27" N / 82° 27' 2" W) Ground elevation: 1082.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 1122.68 feet AMSL Distance to k4sug: 0.65 miles Azimuth to k4sug: 65.98 degrees Depression angle to k4sug: -0.5559 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.5372 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: k4sug Site location: 34.9783 North / 82.4400 West (34° 58' 41" N / 82° 26' 24" W) Ground elevation: 1069.55 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1089.55 feet AMSL Distance to ghstr: 0.65 miles Azimuth to ghstr: 245.98 degrees Elevation angle to ghstr: +0.5464 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 ghstr and k4sug: Free space path loss: 76.20 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 83.36 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 7.16 dB Field strength at k4sug: 82.66 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 3633.74 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 4450.41 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between k4sug and ghstr, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9753 N, 82.4482 W, 0.51 miles, 1115.49 feet AMSL Antenna at k4sug must be raised to at least 22.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at k4sug must be raised to at least 325.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at k4sug must be raised to at least 192.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.