--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 kf4nxs: 35.67 miles Azimuth to kf4nxs: 163.12 degrees Depression angle to kf4nxs: -1.3217 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -1.3188 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kf4nxs Site location: 34.9666 North / 82.1738 West (34° 57' 59" N / 82° 10' 25" W) Ground elevation: 859.58 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 879.58 feet AMSL Distance to hnd14527: 35.67 miles Azimuth to hnd14527: 343.22 degrees Elevation angle to hnd14527: +0.8057 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.9155 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 hnd14527 and kf4nxs: Free space path loss: 110.96 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 111.64 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 0.67 dB Field strength at kf4nxs: 54.38 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 140.19 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 171.70 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between kf4nxs and hnd14527, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9684 N, 82.1744 W, 0.13 miles, 889.11 feet AMSL 34.9715 N, 82.1756 W, 0.35 miles, 918.64 feet AMSL 34.9723 N, 82.1759 W, 0.41 miles, 925.20 feet AMSL Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 36.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 889.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 397.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.