--==[ 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 kb3hvf: 12.26 miles
Azimuth to kb3hvf: 130.72 degrees
Depression angle to kb3hvf: -0.2746 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.2617 degrees

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Receiver site: kb3hvf
Site location: 34.7204 North / 82.2707 West (34° 43' 13" N / 82° 16' 14" W)
Ground elevation: 810.37 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 830.37 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 7.81 feet
Distance to kg4fqg: 12.26 miles
Azimuth to kg4fqg: 310.82 degrees
Elevation angle to kg4fqg: +0.0971 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.2395 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 kb3hvf:

Free space path loss: 101.69 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 126.09 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 24.40 dB
Field strength at kb3hvf: 39.93 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 26.55 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 32.51 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between kb3hvf and kg4fqg, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.7274 N,  82.2806 W,  0.74 miles, 846.46 feet AMSL
    34.7284 N,  82.2819 W,  0.84 miles, 866.14 feet AMSL
    34.7356 N,  82.2921 W,  1.61 miles, 872.70 feet AMSL
    34.7371 N,  82.2941 W,  1.76 miles, 892.39 feet AMSL
    34.7375 N,  82.2948 W,  1.81 miles, 895.67 feet AMSL
    34.7448 N,  82.3050 W,  2.58 miles, 908.79 feet AMSL
    34.7467 N,  82.3077 W,  2.78 miles, 921.92 feet AMSL

Antenna at kb3hvf must be raised to at least 100.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at kb3hvf must be raised to at least 4936.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at kb3hvf must be raised to at least 1049.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.