--==[ 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 paris_mountain: 28.50 miles Azimuth to paris_mountain: 323.88 degrees Elevation angle to paris_mountain: +0.2583 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 kb1efa: 28.50 miles Azimuth to kb1efa: 143.71 degrees Depression angle to kb1efa: -0.6706 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 paris_mountain: Free space path loss: 109.01 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 112.81 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 3.79 dB Field strength at paris_mountain: 53.21 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 122.51 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 150.05 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at paris_mountain must be raised to at least 10101.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at paris_mountain must be raised to at least 3160.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.