--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter 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 kj4hyd: 10.48 miles Azimuth to kj4hyd: 189.85 degrees Depression angle to kj4hyd: -0.2004 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_55: 10.48 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 9.83 degrees Elevation angle to gspnws_55: +0.0488 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_55 and kj4hyd: Free space path loss: 100.32 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 118.21 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 17.89 dB Field strength at kj4hyd: 47.81 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 65.74 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 80.52 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kj4hyd must be raised to at least 4977.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kj4hyd must be raised to at least 2563.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.