--==[ 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 wa4hrk: 3.32 miles Azimuth to wa4hrk: 207.70 degrees Elevation angle to wa4hrk: +0.0296 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1217 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: wa4hrk Site location: 34.8014 North / 82.5470 West (34° 48' 5" N / 82° 32' 49" W) Ground elevation: 958.01 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 978.01 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 19.01 feet Distance to k3joy: 3.32 miles Azimuth to k3joy: 27.68 degrees Depression angle to k3joy: -0.0776 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.2497 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 wa4hrk: Free space path loss: 90.34 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 115.09 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 24.75 dB Field strength at wa4hrk: 50.93 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 94.22 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 115.40 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between wa4hrk and k3joy, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8081 N, 82.5427 W, 0.53 miles, 990.81 feet AMSL 34.8109 N, 82.5409 W, 0.75 miles, 990.81 feet AMSL 34.8116 N, 82.5404 W, 0.80 miles, 994.09 feet AMSL Antenna at wa4hrk must be raised to at least 49.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at wa4hrk must be raised to at least 2045.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at wa4hrk must be raised to at least 985.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.