--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: kb1efa Site location: 34.6086 North / 82.1142 West (34° 36' 30" N / 82° 6' 51" W) Ground elevation: 807.09 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 827.09 feet AMSL Distance to ghssimpsonville: 10.85 miles Azimuth to ghssimpsonville: 315.39 degrees Elevation angle to ghssimpsonville: +0.0268 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.0504 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: ghssimpsonville Site location: 34.7203 North / 82.2483 West (34° 43' 13" N / 82° 14' 53" W) Ground elevation: 892.39 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 932.39 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 110.74 feet Distance to kb1efa: 10.85 miles Azimuth to kb1efa: 135.32 degrees Depression angle to kb1efa: -0.1838 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1177 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 kb1efa and ghssimpsonville: Free space path loss: 100.63 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 131.10 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 30.47 dB Field strength at ghssimpsonville: 34.92 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 14.91 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 18.26 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between ghssimpsonville and kb1efa, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.7024 N, 82.2269 W, 1.73 miles, 915.35 feet AMSL 34.6267 N, 82.1359 W, 9.09 miles, 853.02 feet AMSL Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 161.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 4093.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 1966.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.