--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: kb4pqa Site location: 34.9339 North / 82.3180 West (34° 56' 1" N / 82° 19' 4" W) Ground elevation: 958.01 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 978.01 feet AMSL Distance to gspnws: 6.54 miles Azimuth to gspnws: 122.21 degrees Depression angle to gspnws: -0.0251 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0124 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: gspnws Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 991.44 feet AMSL Distance to kb4pqa: 6.54 miles Azimuth to kb4pqa: 302.27 degrees Depression angle to kb4pqa: -0.0696 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0567 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 kb4pqa and gspnws: Free space path loss: 96.23 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 116.58 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 20.35 dB Field strength at gspnws: 49.44 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 79.31 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 97.14 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between gspnws and kb4pqa, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9300 N, 82.3106 W, 6.05 miles, 984.25 feet AMSL 34.9304 N, 82.3113 W, 6.10 miles, 1000.66 feet AMSL Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 386.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 2553.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 1463.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.