--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ghstr: 0.65 miles Azimuth to ghstr: 245.98 degrees Elevation angle to ghstr: +0.5464 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: ghstr Site location: 34.9744 North / 82.4506 West (34° 58' 27" N / 82° 27' 2" W) Ground elevation: 1082.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 1122.68 feet AMSL Distance to k4sug: 0.65 miles Azimuth to k4sug: 65.98 degrees Depression angle to k4sug: -0.5559 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.5372 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 k4sug and ghstr: Free space path loss: 76.20 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 84.15 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 7.95 dB Field strength at ghstr: 81.87 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 3318.65 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 4064.50 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 496.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 281.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.