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

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Transmitter site: kg4fqg
Site location: 34.8363 North / 82.4343 West (34° 50' 10" N / 82° 26' 3" W)
Ground elevation: 1020.34 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1040.34 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 77.97 feet
Distance to af4ee: 15.22 miles
Azimuth to af4ee: 257.51 degrees
Depression angle to af4ee: -0.1031 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1675 degrees

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Receiver site: af4ee
Site location: 34.7884 North / 82.6962 West (34° 47' 18" N / 82° 41' 46" W)
Ground elevation: 1030.18 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1050.18 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 92.98 feet
Distance to kg4fqg: 15.22 miles
Azimuth to kg4fqg: 77.36 degrees
Depression angle to kg4fqg: -0.1172 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1077 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 kg4fqg and af4ee:

Free space path loss: 103.57 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 130.72 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 27.15 dB
Field strength at af4ee: 35.30 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 15.58 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 19.08 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between af4ee and kg4fqg, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.8044 N,  82.6089 W,  5.07 miles, 1017.06 feet AMSL
    34.8045 N,  82.6081 W,  5.12 miles, 1023.62 feet AMSL
    34.8047 N,  82.6073 W,  5.17 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL
    34.8048 N,  82.6064 W,  5.22 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL
    34.8104 N,  82.5761 W,  6.98 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL
    34.8355 N,  82.4384 W, 14.98 miles, 1043.31 feet AMSL
    34.8357 N,  82.4375 W, 15.03 miles, 1043.31 feet AMSL

Antenna at af4ee must be raised to at least 400.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at af4ee must be raised to at least 7327.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at af4ee must be raised to at least 4315.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.