--==[ 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 ghssimpsonville: 13.25 miles
Azimuth to ghssimpsonville: 127.16 degrees
Depression angle to ghssimpsonville: -0.1843 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1836 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 kg4fqg: 13.25 miles
Azimuth to kg4fqg: 307.27 degrees
Depression angle to kg4fqg: -0.0075 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.0619 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 ghssimpsonville:

Free space path loss: 102.36 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 118.53 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 16.17 dB
Field strength at ghssimpsonville: 47.49 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 63.39 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 77.64 uV
Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ghssimpsonville and kg4fqg, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.7543 N,  82.3027 W,  3.88 miles, 964.57 feet AMSL

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 76.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 5238.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 1046.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.