--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==--

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Transmitter site: kd4ph
Site location: 34.8662 North / 82.4593 West (34° 51' 58" N / 82° 27' 33" W)
Ground elevation: 1036.75 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1056.75 feet AMSL
Distance to ghssimpsonville: 15.65 miles
Azimuth to ghssimpsonville: 130.04 degrees
Depression angle to ghssimpsonville: -0.1995 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.0677 degrees

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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 kd4ph: 15.65 miles
Azimuth to kd4ph: 310.16 degrees
Depression angle to kd4ph: -0.0270 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0095 degrees

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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

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Summary for the link between kd4ph and ghssimpsonville:

Free space path loss: 103.81 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 128.93 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 25.12 dB
Field strength at ghssimpsonville: 37.09 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 19.15 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 23.45 uV
Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ghssimpsonville and kd4ph, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.7548 N,  82.2982 W,  3.70 miles, 938.32 feet AMSL
    34.7562 N,  82.3002 W,  3.85 miles, 941.60 feet AMSL
    34.8108 N,  82.3790 W,  9.70 miles, 1007.22 feet AMSL
    34.8112 N,  82.3797 W,  9.75 miles, 1010.50 feet AMSL
    34.8117 N,  82.3804 W,  9.80 miles, 1020.34 feet AMSL
    34.8397 N,  82.4209 W, 12.80 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL
    34.8401 N,  82.4215 W, 12.85 miles, 1079.40 feet AMSL

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 426.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 6461.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 2777.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.