--==[ 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 ke4kzs: 11.48 miles Azimuth to ke4kzs: 190.78 degrees Depression angle to ke4kzs: -0.1609 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.2511 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: ke4kzs Site location: 34.7201 North / 82.2581 West (34° 43' 12" N / 82° 15' 29" W) Ground elevation: 889.11 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 909.11 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 83.41 feet Distance to gspnws: 11.48 miles Azimuth to gspnws: 10.75 degrees Depression angle to gspnws: -0.0053 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0011 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 ke4kzs: Free space path loss: 101.12 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 128.39 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 27.27 dB Field strength at ke4kzs: 37.63 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 20.37 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 24.95 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between ke4kzs and gspnws, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8817 N, 82.2207 W, 11.37 miles, 994.09 feet AMSL Antenna at ke4kzs must be raised to at least 456.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ke4kzs must be raised to at least 8430.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ke4kzs must be raised to at least 4820.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.