--==[ 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 caesars_head: 20.04 miles Azimuth to caesars_head: 280.30 degrees Elevation angle to caesars_head: +1.0671 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: caesars_head Site location: 35.1128 North / 82.6081 West (35° 6' 45" N / 82° 36' 28" W) Ground elevation: 3024.93 feet AMSL Antenna height: 300.00 feet AGL / 3324.93 feet AMSL Distance to kj4ctd: 20.04 miles Azimuth to kj4ctd: 100.10 degrees Depression angle to kj4ctd: -1.3571 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 caesars_head: Free space path loss: 105.96 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 105.97 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 0.01 dB Field strength at caesars_head: 60.05 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 269.32 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 329.85 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at caesars_head must be raised to at least 5600.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at caesars_head must be raised to at least 3000.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.