--==[ 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 paris_mountain: 3.05 miles Azimuth to paris_mountain: 146.96 degrees Elevation angle to paris_mountain: +3.3908 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +3.4082 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: paris_mountain Site location: 34.9413 North / 82.4107 West (34° 56' 28" N / 82° 24' 38" W) Ground elevation: 2040.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 6.00 feet AGL / 2046.68 feet AMSL Distance to k4sug: 3.05 miles Azimuth to k4sug: 326.98 degrees Depression angle to k4sug: -3.4348 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -2.2606 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 paris_mountain: Free space path loss: 89.59 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 89.33 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: -0.26 dB Field strength at paris_mountain: 76.69 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 1828.87 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 2239.91 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between paris_mountain and k4sug, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9417 N, 82.4110 W, 0.03 miles, 2040.68 feet AMSL Antenna at paris_mountain must be raised to at least 11.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at paris_mountain must be raised to at least 67.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at paris_mountain must be raised to at least 45.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.