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

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Transmitter site: ke4hgx
Site location: 34.8070 North / 82.5653 West (34° 48' 25" N / 82° 33' 55" W)
Ground elevation: 948.16 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 968.16 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 5.49 feet
Distance to kd4ph: 7.27 miles
Azimuth to kd4ph: 55.74 degrees
Elevation angle to kd4ph: +0.0795 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1477 degrees

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Receiver 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 ke4hgx: 7.27 miles
Azimuth to ke4hgx: 235.80 degrees
Depression angle to ke4hgx: -0.1848 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0239 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 ke4hgx and kd4ph:

Free space path loss: 97.15 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 114.65 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 17.50 dB
Field strength at kd4ph: 51.37 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 99.09 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 121.36 uV
Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between kd4ph and ke4hgx, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.8651 N,  82.4613 W,  0.14 miles, 1056.43 feet AMSL
    34.8216 N,  82.5392 W,  5.48 miles, 984.25 feet AMSL
    34.8192 N,  82.5435 W,  5.78 miles, 1007.22 feet AMSL
    34.8188 N,  82.5442 W,  5.83 miles, 1017.06 feet AMSL
    34.8163 N,  82.5486 W,  6.13 miles, 1010.50 feet AMSL
    34.8159 N,  82.5493 W,  6.18 miles, 1017.06 feet AMSL
    34.8131 N,  82.5544 W,  6.53 miles, 1003.94 feet AMSL
    34.8127 N,  82.5552 W,  6.58 miles, 1036.75 feet AMSL

Antenna at kd4ph must be raised to at least 678.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at kd4ph must be raised to at least 3163.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at kd4ph must be raised to at least 1722.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.