--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: k3joy Site location: 34.8439 North / 82.5198 West (34° 50' 38" N / 82° 31' 11" W) Ground elevation: 941.60 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 961.60 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: -34.88 feet Distance to gspnws: 17.20 miles Azimuth to gspnws: 80.81 degrees Depression angle to gspnws: -0.1056 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0132 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: gspnws Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 991.44 feet AMSL Distance to k3joy: 17.20 miles Azimuth to k3joy: 260.98 degrees Depression angle to k3joy: -0.1433 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1354 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 k3joy and gspnws: Free space path loss: 104.63 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 125.30 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 20.67 dB Field strength at gspnws: 40.72 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 29.08 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 35.62 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between gspnws and k3joy, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8728 N, 82.3009 W, 4.63 miles, 948.16 feet AMSL 34.8727 N, 82.3017 W, 4.67 miles, 954.72 feet AMSL 34.8726 N, 82.3025 W, 4.72 miles, 961.29 feet AMSL 34.8725 N, 82.3034 W, 4.77 miles, 967.85 feet AMSL 34.8724 N, 82.3042 W, 4.82 miles, 967.85 feet AMSL 34.8723 N, 82.3050 W, 4.86 miles, 987.53 feet AMSL 34.8721 N, 82.3067 W, 4.96 miles, 1000.66 feet AMSL 34.8717 N, 82.3091 W, 5.10 miles, 1000.66 feet AMSL 34.8716 N, 82.3100 W, 5.15 miles, 1007.22 feet AMSL 34.8715 N, 82.3108 W, 5.20 miles, 1023.62 feet AMSL 34.8712 N, 82.3133 W, 5.34 miles, 1026.90 feet AMSL 34.8709 N, 82.3158 W, 5.48 miles, 1033.46 feet AMSL 34.8684 N, 82.3348 W, 6.57 miles, 1020.34 feet AMSL 34.8679 N, 82.3381 W, 6.76 miles, 1020.34 feet AMSL 34.8678 N, 82.3389 W, 6.81 miles, 1033.46 feet AMSL 34.8677 N, 82.3397 W, 6.86 miles, 1033.46 feet AMSL 34.8676 N, 82.3405 W, 6.90 miles, 1033.46 feet AMSL 34.8675 N, 82.3414 W, 6.95 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL 34.8674 N, 82.3422 W, 7.00 miles, 1062.99 feet AMSL 34.8672 N, 82.3438 W, 7.09 miles, 1062.99 feet AMSL 34.8671 N, 82.3447 W, 7.14 miles, 1092.52 feet AMSL 34.8670 N, 82.3455 W, 7.19 miles, 1118.77 feet AMSL 34.8669 N, 82.3463 W, 7.24 miles, 1141.73 feet AMSL 34.8538 N, 82.4455 W, 12.93 miles, 1026.90 feet AMSL 34.8537 N, 82.4463 W, 12.98 miles, 1036.75 feet AMSL 34.8536 N, 82.4471 W, 13.02 miles, 1036.75 feet AMSL 34.8477 N, 82.4917 W, 15.59 miles, 997.38 feet AMSL Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 571.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 3218.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 2027.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.