--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 gspnws_55: 14.17 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 87.38 degrees Depression angle to gspnws_55: -0.1511 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1419 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: gspnws_55 Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 55.00 feet AGL / 1006.44 feet AMSL Distance to kf4rvh: 14.17 miles Azimuth to kf4rvh: 267.52 degrees Depression angle to kf4rvh: -0.0540 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0403 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 kf4rvh and gspnws_55: Free space path loss: 102.95 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 121.19 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 18.25 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 44.83 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 46.65 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 57.14 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between gspnws_55 and kf4rvh, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8785 N, 82.3551 W, 7.65 miles, 1017.06 feet AMSL Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 76.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 8479.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 3577.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.