--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 kd4ph: 2.51 miles Azimuth to kd4ph: 325.54 degrees Elevation angle to kd4ph: +0.0528 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kd4ph Site location: 34.8662 North / 82.4593 West (34° 51' 58" N / 82° 27' 33" W) Ground elevation: 1036.75 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1056.75 feet AMSL Distance to kg4fqg: 2.51 miles Azimuth to kg4fqg: 145.52 degrees Depression angle to kg4fqg: -0.0891 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 kg4fqg and kd4ph: Free space path loss: 87.90 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 107.19 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 19.28 dB Field strength at kd4ph: 58.83 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 233.95 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 286.52 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kd4ph must be raised to at least 1551.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kd4ph must be raised to at least 744.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.