--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==--

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Transmitter site: hnd14527
Site location: 35.4607 North / 82.3567 West (35° 27' 38" N / 82° 21' 24" W)
Ground elevation: 4225.72 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 150.00 feet AGL / 4375.72 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 1876.18 feet
Distance to k4sug: 33.66 miles
Azimuth to k4sug: 188.05 degrees
Depression angle to k4sug: -1.3029 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -1.2937 degrees

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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
Antenna height above average terrain: 10.37 feet
Distance to hnd14527: 33.66 miles
Azimuth to hnd14527: 8.00 degrees
Elevation angle to hnd14527: +0.8158 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +3.0773 degrees

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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

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Summary for the link between hnd14527 and k4sug:

Free space path loss: 110.46 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 129.08 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 18.62 dB
Field strength at k4sug: 36.94 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 18.81 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 23.04 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between k4sug and hnd14527, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.9795 N,  82.4398 W,  0.09 miles, 1105.64 feet AMSL
    34.9803 N,  82.4397 W,  0.14 miles, 1122.05 feet AMSL
    35.0074 N,  82.4350 W,  2.03 miles, 1292.65 feet AMSL
    35.0082 N,  82.4349 W,  2.09 miles, 1341.86 feet AMSL
    35.1873 N,  82.4041 W, 14.58 miles, 2539.37 feet AMSL
    35.1881 N,  82.4039 W, 14.64 miles, 2703.41 feet AMSL
    35.1889 N,  82.4038 W, 14.70 miles, 2778.87 feet AMSL

Antenna at k4sug must be raised to at least 802.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at k4sug must be raised to at least 1764.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at k4sug must be raised to at least 1379.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.