--==[ 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 gspnws: 6.33 miles
Azimuth to gspnws: 204.60 degrees
Elevation angle to gspnws: +0.1460 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1830 degrees

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Receiver site: gspnws
Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W)
Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 991.44 feet AMSL
Distance to kf4nxs: 6.33 miles
Azimuth to kf4nxs: 24.58 degrees
Depression angle to kf4nxs: -0.2376 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.2157 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 gspnws:

Free space path loss: 95.95 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 112.90 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 16.95 dB
Field strength at gspnws: 53.12 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 121.21 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 148.45 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between gspnws and kf4nxs, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.9041 N,  82.2087 W,  1.57 miles, 961.29 feet AMSL
    34.9048 N,  82.2083 W,  1.63 miles, 964.57 feet AMSL
    34.9070 N,  82.2071 W,  1.80 miles, 967.85 feet AMSL
    34.9128 N,  82.2038 W,  2.24 miles, 964.57 feet AMSL
    34.9135 N,  82.2034 W,  2.29 miles, 967.85 feet AMSL
    34.9361 N,  82.1909 W,  4.01 miles, 928.48 feet AMSL
    34.9368 N,  82.1904 W,  4.06 miles, 931.76 feet AMSL
    34.9579 N,  82.1787 W,  5.67 miles, 895.67 feet AMSL

Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 106.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 1655.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 1006.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.