--==[ 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 kj4hyd: 10.48 miles Azimuth to kj4hyd: 189.85 degrees Depression angle to kj4hyd: -0.1849 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.2507 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kj4hyd Site location: 34.7340 North / 82.2518 West (34° 44' 2" N / 82° 15' 6" W) Ground elevation: 866.14 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 886.14 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 52.38 feet Distance to gspnws: 10.48 miles Azimuth to gspnws: 9.83 degrees Elevation angle to gspnws: +0.0333 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.0383 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 kj4hyd: Free space path loss: 100.32 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 131.81 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 31.48 dB Field strength at kj4hyd: 34.21 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 13.75 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 16.84 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between kj4hyd and gspnws, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8817 N, 82.2206 W, 10.36 miles, 994.09 feet AMSL Antenna at kj4hyd must be raised to at least 441.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kj4hyd must be raised to at least 7709.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kj4hyd must be raised to at least 4419.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.