--==[ 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 ka5wll: 38.07 miles
Azimuth to ka5wll: 176.00 degrees
Depression angle to ka5wll: -1.2383 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -1.2354 degrees

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Receiver site: ka5wll
Site location: 34.9111 North / 82.3098 West (34° 54' 39" N / 82° 18' 35" W)
Ground elevation: 977.69 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 997.69 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 26.63 feet
Distance to hnd14527: 38.07 miles
Azimuth to hnd14527: 356.03 degrees
Elevation angle to hnd14527: +0.6875 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.6991 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 ka5wll:

Free space path loss: 111.53 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 132.70 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 21.17 dB
Field strength at ka5wll: 33.32 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 12.40 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 15.19 uV
Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ka5wll and hnd14527, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    35.1369 N,  82.3290 W, 15.64 miles, 2168.64 feet AMSL
    35.1377 N,  82.3291 W, 15.70 miles, 2309.71 feet AMSL
    35.1452 N,  82.3297 W, 16.22 miles, 2401.57 feet AMSL
    35.1460 N,  82.3298 W, 16.27 miles, 2493.44 feet AMSL
    35.1469 N,  82.3299 W, 16.33 miles, 2513.12 feet AMSL
    35.1502 N,  82.3302 W, 16.56 miles, 2539.37 feet AMSL
    35.1510 N,  82.3302 W, 16.62 miles, 2588.58 feet AMSL
    35.1518 N,  82.3303 W, 16.68 miles, 2595.14 feet AMSL
    35.1527 N,  82.3304 W, 16.73 miles, 2641.08 feet AMSL
    35.1535 N,  82.3305 W, 16.79 miles, 2814.96 feet AMSL
    35.1543 N,  82.3305 W, 16.85 miles, 2929.79 feet AMSL

Antenna at ka5wll must be raised to at least 1232.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ka5wll must be raised to at least 2268.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ka5wll must be raised to at least 1854.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.