--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 wt4c: 9.03 miles Azimuth to wt4c: 258.80 degrees Depression angle to wt4c: -0.1245 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0193 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: wt4c Site location: 34.7815 North / 82.7214 West (34° 46' 53" N / 82° 43' 16" W) Ground elevation: 898.95 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 918.95 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: -10.15 feet Distance to ke4hgx: 9.03 miles Azimuth to ke4hgx: 78.71 degrees Depression angle to ke4hgx: -0.0062 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.4329 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 ke4hgx and wt4c: Free space path loss: 99.03 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 139.06 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 40.03 dB Field strength at wt4c: 26.96 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 5.97 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 7.31 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between wt4c and ke4hgx, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.7821 N, 82.7175 W, 0.23 miles, 928.48 feet AMSL 34.7823 N, 82.7167 W, 0.27 miles, 938.32 feet AMSL 34.7825 N, 82.7150 W, 0.37 miles, 948.16 feet AMSL 34.7827 N, 82.7142 W, 0.42 miles, 958.01 feet AMSL 34.7828 N, 82.7134 W, 0.46 miles, 967.85 feet AMSL 34.7829 N, 82.7126 W, 0.51 miles, 980.97 feet AMSL 34.7831 N, 82.7117 W, 0.56 miles, 1013.78 feet AMSL 34.7832 N, 82.7109 W, 0.61 miles, 1023.62 feet AMSL 34.7833 N, 82.7101 W, 0.65 miles, 1040.03 feet AMSL 34.7835 N, 82.7093 W, 0.70 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL 34.7903 N, 82.6673 W, 3.13 miles, 1020.34 feet AMSL 34.7913 N, 82.6616 W, 3.46 miles, 1036.75 feet AMSL 34.7985 N, 82.6172 W, 6.03 miles, 1000.66 feet AMSL 34.7987 N, 82.6163 W, 6.08 miles, 1017.06 feet AMSL 34.7988 N, 82.6155 W, 6.13 miles, 1030.18 feet AMSL 34.7989 N, 82.6147 W, 6.17 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL 34.7991 N, 82.6139 W, 6.22 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL 34.7995 N, 82.6114 W, 6.36 miles, 1066.27 feet AMSL 34.8013 N, 82.5999 W, 7.03 miles, 1059.71 feet AMSL 34.8052 N, 82.5760 W, 8.41 miles, 1007.22 feet AMSL 34.8058 N, 82.5727 W, 8.60 miles, 1003.94 feet AMSL 34.8059 N, 82.5719 W, 8.65 miles, 1010.50 feet AMSL Antenna at wt4c must be raised to at least 1126.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at wt4c must be raised to at least 4725.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at wt4c must be raised to at least 2744.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.