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

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Transmitter site: kf4rvh
Site location: 34.8742 North / 82.4701 West (34° 52' 27" N / 82° 28' 12" W)
Ground elevation: 1049.87 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1069.87 feet AMSL
Distance to ghssimpsonville: 16.47 miles
Azimuth to ghssimpsonville: 130.15 degrees
Depression angle to ghssimpsonville: -0.2098 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0235 degrees

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Receiver site: ghssimpsonville
Site location: 34.7203 North / 82.2483 West (34° 43' 13" N / 82° 14' 53" W)
Ground elevation: 892.39 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 932.39 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 110.74 feet
Distance to kf4rvh: 16.47 miles
Azimuth to kf4rvh: 310.27 degrees
Depression angle to kf4rvh: -0.0287 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0095 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 kf4rvh and ghssimpsonville:

Free space path loss: 104.25 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 132.42 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 28.16 dB
Field strength at ghssimpsonville: 33.60 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 12.82 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 15.70 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ghssimpsonville and kf4rvh, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.7550 N,  82.2982 W,  3.71 miles, 938.32 feet AMSL
    34.7569 N,  82.3009 W,  3.91 miles, 941.60 feet AMSL
    34.8106 N,  82.3782 W,  9.66 miles, 990.81 feet AMSL
    34.8110 N,  82.3789 W,  9.71 miles, 1007.22 feet AMSL
    34.8115 N,  82.3796 W,  9.76 miles, 1020.34 feet AMSL
    34.8400 N,  82.4207 W, 12.81 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL
    34.8728 N,  82.4680 W, 16.32 miles, 1069.55 feet AMSL

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 323.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 10802.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 5309.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.