--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: ki4mee Site location: 34.8185 North / 81.9155 West (34° 49' 6" N / 81° 54' 55" W) Ground elevation: 761.15 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 781.15 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 94.04 feet Distance to paris_mountain: 29.33 miles Azimuth to paris_mountain: 286.96 degrees Elevation angle to paris_mountain: +0.2560 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: paris_mountain Site location: 34.9413 North / 82.4107 West (34° 56' 28" N / 82° 24' 38" W) Ground elevation: 2040.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 6.00 feet AGL / 2046.68 feet AMSL Distance to ki4mee: 29.33 miles Azimuth to ki4mee: 106.68 degrees Depression angle to ki4mee: -0.6805 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 ki4mee and paris_mountain: Free space path loss: 109.26 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 109.92 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 0.66 dB Field strength at paris_mountain: 56.10 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 170.79 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 209.17 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at paris_mountain must be raised to at least 13010.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at paris_mountain must be raised to at least 5887.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.