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

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Transmitter site: kf4nxs
Site location: 34.9666 North / 82.1738 West (34° 57' 59" N / 82° 10' 25" W)
Ground elevation: 859.58 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 879.58 feet AMSL
Distance to af4nq: 11.08 miles
Azimuth to af4nq: 287.42 degrees
Elevation angle to af4nq: +0.0741 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1598 degrees

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Receiver site: af4nq
Site location: 35.0145 North / 82.3606 West (35° 0' 52" N / 82° 21' 38" W)
Ground elevation: 1017.06 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1037.06 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: -59.10 feet
Distance to kf4nxs: 11.08 miles
Azimuth to kf4nxs: 107.31 degrees
Depression angle to kf4nxs: -0.2344 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0248 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 kf4nxs and af4nq:

Free space path loss: 100.81 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 134.85 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 34.04 dB
Field strength at af4nq: 31.17 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 9.68 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 11.86 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between af4nq and kf4nxs, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    35.0140 N,  82.3586 W,  0.12 miles, 1036.75 feet AMSL
    35.0138 N,  82.3578 W,  0.16 miles, 1040.03 feet AMSL
    35.0136 N,  82.3570 W,  0.21 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL
    35.0029 N,  82.3150 W,  2.70 miles, 1000.66 feet AMSL
    34.9952 N,  82.2852 W,  4.47 miles, 971.13 feet AMSL
    34.9950 N,  82.2844 W,  4.52 miles, 971.13 feet AMSL
    34.9882 N,  82.2577 W,  6.10 miles, 948.16 feet AMSL
    34.9880 N,  82.2569 W,  6.15 miles, 967.85 feet AMSL
    34.9878 N,  82.2561 W,  6.20 miles, 1003.94 feet AMSL
    34.9756 N,  82.2085 W,  9.02 miles, 931.76 feet AMSL
    34.9749 N,  82.2061 W,  9.16 miles, 935.04 feet AMSL
    34.9747 N,  82.2053 W,  9.21 miles, 938.32 feet AMSL
    34.9745 N,  82.2044 W,  9.26 miles, 938.32 feet AMSL
    34.9743 N,  82.2036 W,  9.31 miles, 938.32 feet AMSL
    34.9741 N,  82.2028 W,  9.36 miles, 944.88 feet AMSL
    34.9737 N,  82.2012 W,  9.45 miles, 948.16 feet AMSL

Antenna at af4nq must be raised to at least 400.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at af4nq must be raised to at least 4831.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at af4nq must be raised to at least 2109.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.