--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: ka5wll Site location: 34.9111 North / 82.3098 West (34° 54' 39" N / 82° 18' 35" W) Ground elevation: 977.69 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 997.69 feet AMSL Distance to gspnws_55: 5.43 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 110.67 degrees Depression angle to gspnws_55: -0.0218 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: gspnws_55 Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 55.00 feet AGL / 1006.44 feet AMSL Distance to ka5wll: 5.43 miles Azimuth to ka5wll: 290.72 degrees Depression angle to ka5wll: -0.0568 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 ka5wll and gspnws_55: Free space path loss: 94.61 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 100.25 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 5.64 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 65.77 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 520.03 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 636.90 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 2079.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 799.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.