--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: kj4ctd Site location: 35.0614 North / 82.2592 West (35° 3' 41" N / 82° 15' 33" W) Ground elevation: 1066.27 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1086.27 feet AMSL Distance to af4nq: 6.59 miles Azimuth to af4nq: 240.58 degrees Depression angle to af4nq: -0.1287 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0588 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: af4nq Site location: 35.0145 North / 82.3606 West (35° 0' 52" N / 82° 21' 38" W) Ground elevation: 1017.06 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1037.06 feet AMSL Distance to kj4ctd: 6.59 miles Azimuth to kj4ctd: 60.52 degrees Elevation angle to kj4ctd: +0.0334 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.2029 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 kj4ctd and af4nq: Free space path loss: 96.30 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 120.09 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 23.79 dB Field strength at af4nq: 45.93 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 52.97 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 64.87 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between af4nq and kj4ctd, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 35.0205 N, 82.3477 W, 0.84 miles, 1053.15 feet AMSL 35.0215 N, 82.3454 W, 0.99 miles, 1069.55 feet AMSL 35.0222 N, 82.3439 W, 1.09 miles, 1082.68 feet AMSL 35.0229 N, 82.3424 W, 1.18 miles, 1082.68 feet AMSL 35.0499 N, 82.2841 W, 4.97 miles, 1082.68 feet AMSL Antenna at af4nq must be raised to at least 77.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at af4nq must be raised to at least 3874.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at af4nq must be raised to at least 1643.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.