--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 caesars_head_100: 26.56 miles Azimuth to caesars_head_100: 292.47 degrees Elevation angle to caesars_head_100: +0.8069 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.8685 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: caesars_head_100 Site location: 35.1128 North / 82.6081 West (35° 6' 45" N / 82° 36' 28" W) Ground elevation: 3024.93 feet AMSL Antenna height: 300.00 feet AGL / 3324.93 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 1317.04 feet Distance to kf4nxs: 26.56 miles Azimuth to kf4nxs: 112.22 degrees Depression angle to kf4nxs: -1.1912 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -1.1904 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 kf4nxs and caesars_head_100: Free space path loss: 108.40 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 108.44 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 0.04 dB Field strength at caesars_head_100: 57.58 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 202.57 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 248.09 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between caesars_head_100 and kf4nxs, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9680 N, 82.1777 W, 26.32 miles, 898.95 feet AMSL Antenna at caesars_head_100 must be raised to at least 451.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at caesars_head_100 must be raised to at least 11591.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at caesars_head_100 must be raised to at least 6529.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.