--==[ 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 kb3hvf: 51.39 miles
Azimuth to kb3hvf: 174.54 degrees
Depression angle to kb3hvf: -1.1205 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -1.1082 degrees

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Receiver site: kb3hvf
Site location: 34.7204 North / 82.2707 West (34° 43' 13" N / 82° 16' 14" W)
Ground elevation: 810.37 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 830.37 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 7.81 feet
Distance to hnd14527: 51.39 miles
Azimuth to hnd14527: 354.59 degrees
Elevation angle to hnd14527: +0.3769 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.3965 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 kb3hvf:

Free space path loss: 114.13 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 137.44 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 23.30 dB
Field strength at kb3hvf: 28.58 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 7.19 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 8.80 uV
Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between kb3hvf and hnd14527, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.7497 N,  82.2740 W,  2.03 miles, 908.79 feet AMSL
    34.7588 N,  82.2751 W,  2.66 miles, 938.32 feet AMSL
    35.1445 N,  82.3198 W, 29.44 miles, 2437.66 feet AMSL
    35.1454 N,  82.3199 W, 29.50 miles, 2447.51 feet AMSL
    35.1462 N,  82.3200 W, 29.55 miles, 2486.88 feet AMSL
    35.1470 N,  82.3201 W, 29.61 miles, 2542.65 feet AMSL
    35.1478 N,  82.3202 W, 29.67 miles, 2568.90 feet AMSL

Antenna at kb3hvf must be raised to at least 307.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at kb3hvf must be raised to at least 1885.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at kb3hvf must be raised to at least 1254.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.