--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==--

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Transmitter site: k4sug
Site location: 34.9783 North / 82.4400 West (34° 58' 41" N / 82° 26' 24" W)
Ground elevation: 1069.55 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1089.55 feet AMSL
Distance to ghsgreer: 11.78 miles
Azimuth to ghsgreer: 109.63 degrees
Depression angle to ghsgreer: -0.1756 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.2589 degrees

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Receiver site: ghsgreer
Site location: 34.9208 North / 82.2442 West (34° 55' 14" N / 82° 14' 39" W)
Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 991.44 feet AMSL
Distance to k4sug: 11.78 miles
Azimuth to k4sug: 289.75 degrees
Elevation angle to k4sug: +0.0051 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.0159 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 k4sug and ghsgreer:

Free space path loss: 101.34 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 126.62 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 25.28 dB
Field strength at ghsgreer: 39.39 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 24.96 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 30.57 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ghsgreer and k4sug, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.9373 N,  82.3001 W,  3.36 miles, 1003.94 feet AMSL
    34.9375 N,  82.3009 W,  3.41 miles, 1007.22 feet AMSL
    34.9521 N,  82.3504 W,  6.39 miles, 1033.46 feet AMSL
    34.9525 N,  82.3520 W,  6.49 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL
    34.9528 N,  82.3528 W,  6.54 miles, 1062.99 feet AMSL
    34.9535 N,  82.3552 W,  6.68 miles, 1066.27 feet AMSL
    34.9596 N,  82.3760 W,  7.93 miles, 1072.83 feet AMSL
    34.9598 N,  82.3768 W,  7.98 miles, 1092.52 feet AMSL
    34.9678 N,  82.4040 W,  9.62 miles, 1092.52 feet AMSL
    34.9680 N,  82.4048 W,  9.67 miles, 1092.52 feet AMSL
    34.9682 N,  82.4056 W,  9.71 miles, 1108.92 feet AMSL
    34.9755 N,  82.4304 W, 11.20 miles, 1102.36 feet AMSL
    34.9757 N,  82.4312 W, 11.25 miles, 1102.36 feet AMSL

Antenna at ghsgreer must be raised to at least 512.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ghsgreer must be raised to at least 3493.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ghsgreer must be raised to at least 2301.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.