--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: gspnws Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 991.44 feet AMSL Distance to ghssimpsonville: 11.38 miles Azimuth to ghssimpsonville: 188.05 degrees Depression angle to ghssimpsonville: -0.1387 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.2501 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver 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: 11.38 miles Azimuth to gspnws: 8.03 degrees Depression angle to gspnws: -0.0260 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0224 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 gspnws and ghssimpsonville: Free space path loss: 101.04 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 127.89 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 26.85 dB Field strength at ghssimpsonville: 38.12 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 21.57 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 26.42 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between ghssimpsonville and gspnws, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8817 N, 82.2206 W, 11.26 miles, 994.09 feet AMSL Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 448.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 8336.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 4766.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.