--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: ki4mln Site location: 34.7814 North / 82.3068 West (34° 46' 53" N / 82° 18' 24" W) Ground elevation: 928.48 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 948.48 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 63.23 feet Distance to ghstr: 15.63 miles Azimuth to ghstr: 328.63 degrees Elevation angle to ghstr: +0.0079 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.0625 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: ghstr Site location: 34.9744 North / 82.4506 West (34° 58' 27" N / 82° 27' 2" W) Ground elevation: 1082.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 1122.68 feet AMSL Distance to ki4mln: 15.63 miles Azimuth to ki4mln: 148.54 degrees Depression angle to ki4mln: -0.2340 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.4491 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 ki4mln and ghstr: Free space path loss: 103.80 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 152.29 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 48.49 dB Field strength at ghstr: 13.73 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 1.30 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 1.59 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between ghstr and ki4mln, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9699 N, 82.4472 W, 0.37 miles, 1135.17 feet AMSL 34.9606 N, 82.4402 W, 1.12 miles, 1131.89 feet AMSL 34.9599 N, 82.4397 W, 1.18 miles, 1131.89 feet AMSL 34.9592 N, 82.4392 W, 1.23 miles, 1141.73 feet AMSL 34.9579 N, 82.4382 W, 1.34 miles, 1141.73 feet AMSL 34.9519 N, 82.4337 W, 1.83 miles, 1135.17 feet AMSL 34.9512 N, 82.4332 W, 1.88 miles, 1158.14 feet AMSL 34.9505 N, 82.4327 W, 1.94 miles, 1161.42 feet AMSL 34.9499 N, 82.4322 W, 1.99 miles, 1174.54 feet AMSL 34.9492 N, 82.4317 W, 2.04 miles, 1213.91 feet AMSL 34.9485 N, 82.4312 W, 2.10 miles, 1250.00 feet AMSL 34.9479 N, 82.4307 W, 2.15 miles, 1286.09 feet AMSL 34.9472 N, 82.4302 W, 2.21 miles, 1318.90 feet AMSL 34.9465 N, 82.4297 W, 2.26 miles, 1322.18 feet AMSL 34.9459 N, 82.4292 W, 2.32 miles, 1345.14 feet AMSL 34.9452 N, 82.4287 W, 2.37 miles, 1374.67 feet AMSL 34.9445 N, 82.4282 W, 2.42 miles, 1400.92 feet AMSL 34.9439 N, 82.4277 W, 2.48 miles, 1414.04 feet AMSL 34.9432 N, 82.4272 W, 2.53 miles, 1430.45 feet AMSL 34.8944 N, 82.3909 W, 6.48 miles, 1282.81 feet AMSL 34.8937 N, 82.3904 W, 6.54 miles, 1354.99 feet AMSL 34.8931 N, 82.3899 W, 6.59 miles, 1354.99 feet AMSL 34.8924 N, 82.3894 W, 6.64 miles, 1358.27 feet AMSL Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 648.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 8776.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 4384.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.