--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: ke4kzs Site location: 34.7201 North / 82.2581 West (34° 43' 12" N / 82° 15' 29" W) Ground elevation: 889.11 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 909.11 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 83.41 feet Distance to kb3hvf: 0.71 miles Azimuth to kb3hvf: 271.79 degrees Depression angle to kb3hvf: -1.2013 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kb3hvf Site location: 34.7204 North / 82.2707 West (34° 43' 13" N / 82° 16' 14" W) Ground elevation: 810.37 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 830.37 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 7.81 feet Distance to ke4kzs: 0.71 miles Azimuth to ke4kzs: 91.78 degrees Elevation angle to ke4kzs: +1.1909 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 ke4kzs and kb3hvf: Free space path loss: 77.00 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 90.54 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 13.54 dB Field strength at kb3hvf: 75.48 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 1590.29 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 1947.70 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kb3hvf must be raised to at least 346.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kb3hvf must be raised to at least 125.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.