--==[ 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 packs-ridge: 10.98 miles
Azimuth to packs-ridge: 308.14 degrees
Elevation angle to packs-ridge: +0.3478 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.3484 degrees

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Receiver site: packs-ridge
Site location: 35.0647 North / 82.3265 West (35° 3' 52" N / 82° 19' 35" W)
Ground elevation: 1305.77 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 6.00 feet AGL / 1311.77 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 119.85 feet
Distance to kf4nxs: 10.98 miles
Azimuth to kf4nxs: 128.05 degrees
Depression angle to kf4nxs: -0.5066 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.4970 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 packs-ridge:

Free space path loss: 100.73 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 116.54 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 15.81 dB
Field strength at packs-ridge: 49.48 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 79.76 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 97.68 uV
Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between packs-ridge and kf4nxs, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.9856 N,  82.2032 W,  8.86 miles, 951.44 feet AMSL
    34.9851 N,  82.2025 W,  8.91 miles, 967.85 feet AMSL

Antenna at packs-ridge must be raised to at least 108.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at packs-ridge must be raised to at least 8770.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at packs-ridge must be raised to at least 5097.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.