--==[ 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
Antenna height above average terrain: 10.37 feet
Distance to packs-ridge: 8.77 miles
Azimuth to packs-ridge: 47.09 degrees
Elevation angle to packs-ridge: +0.2115 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.9034 degrees

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Receiver site: packs-ridge
Site location: 35.0647 North / 82.3265 West (35° 3' 52" N / 82° 19' 35" W)
Ground elevation: 1305.77 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 6.00 feet AGL / 1311.77 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 119.85 feet
Distance to k4sug: 8.77 miles
Azimuth to k4sug: 227.15 degrees
Depression angle to k4sug: -0.3384 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.3379 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 packs-ridge:

Free space path loss: 98.78 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 119.03 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 20.25 dB
Field strength at packs-ridge: 46.99 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 59.84 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 73.29 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between packs-ridge and k4sug, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    35.0187 N,  82.3870 W,  4.67 miles, 1213.91 feet AMSL
    35.0182 N,  82.3877 W,  4.72 miles, 1213.91 feet AMSL
    34.9798 N,  82.4380 W,  8.62 miles, 1102.36 feet AMSL
    34.9788 N,  82.4394 W,  8.72 miles, 1095.80 feet AMSL

Antenna at packs-ridge must be raised to at least 905.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at packs-ridge must be raised to at least 8180.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at packs-ridge must be raised to at least 5270.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.