--==[ 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 gspnws_55: 8.58 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 34.86 degrees Elevation angle to gspnws_55: +0.0111 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.0242 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: gspnws_55 Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 55.00 feet AGL / 1006.44 feet AMSL Distance to ki4mln: 8.58 miles Azimuth to ki4mln: 214.91 degrees Depression angle to ki4mln: -0.1354 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1228 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 gspnws_55: Free space path loss: 98.59 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 107.18 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 8.59 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 58.84 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 234.07 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 286.68 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between gspnws_55 and ki4mln, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8183 N, 82.2756 W, 5.48 miles, 961.29 feet AMSL 34.8176 N, 82.2761 W, 5.54 miles, 980.97 feet AMSL Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 121.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 3805.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 1125.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.