--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: kg4mul Site location: 34.5243 North / 82.0169 West (34° 31' 27" N / 82° 1' 0" W) Ground elevation: 623.36 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 643.36 feet AMSL Distance to kb1efa: 8.04 miles Azimuth to kb1efa: 316.49 degrees Elevation angle to kb1efa: +0.1899 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.2265 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kb1efa Site location: 34.6086 North / 82.1142 West (34° 36' 30" N / 82° 6' 51" W) Ground elevation: 807.09 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 827.09 feet AMSL Distance to kg4mul: 8.04 miles Azimuth to kg4mul: 136.44 degrees Depression angle to kg4mul: -0.3062 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.3042 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 kg4mul and kb1efa: Free space path loss: 98.02 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 125.39 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 27.37 dB Field strength at kb1efa: 40.63 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 28.77 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 35.23 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between kb1efa and kg4mul, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.5848 N, 82.0868 W, 2.26 miles, 771.00 feet AMSL 34.5767 N, 82.0773 W, 3.04 miles, 777.56 feet AMSL 34.5761 N, 82.0767 W, 3.09 miles, 866.14 feet AMSL 34.5756 N, 82.0761 W, 3.15 miles, 892.39 feet AMSL Antenna at kb1efa must be raised to at least 263.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kb1efa must be raised to at least 5431.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kb1efa must be raised to at least 2786.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.