--==[ 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_55: 6.54 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 122.21 degrees Depression angle to gspnws_55: -0.0002 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1680 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 kb4pqa: 6.54 miles Azimuth to kb4pqa: 302.27 degrees Depression angle to kb4pqa: -0.0945 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0836 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_55: Free space path loss: 96.23 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 115.11 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 18.88 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 50.91 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 93.94 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 115.05 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between gspnws_55 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_55 must be raised to at least 386.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 2553.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 1463.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.