--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==--

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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 packs-ridge: 3.81 miles
Azimuth to packs-ridge: 273.41 degrees
Elevation angle to packs-ridge: +0.6142 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +1.1207 degrees

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Receiver site: packs-ridge
Site location: 35.0647 North / 82.3265 West (35° 3' 52" N / 82° 19' 35" W)
Ground elevation: 1305.77 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 6.00 feet AGL / 1311.77 feet AMSL
Distance to kj4ctd: 3.81 miles
Azimuth to kj4ctd: 93.37 degrees
Depression angle to kj4ctd: -0.6693 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.6100 degrees

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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

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Summary for the link between kj4ctd and packs-ridge:

Free space path loss: 91.54 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 101.83 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 10.29 dB
Field strength at packs-ridge: 64.19 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 433.46 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 530.87 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between packs-ridge and kj4ctd, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    35.0646 N,  82.3258 W,  0.04 miles, 1318.90 feet AMSL
    35.0618 N,  82.2667 W,  3.39 miles, 1128.61 feet AMSL
    35.0617 N,  82.2658 W,  3.44 miles, 1125.33 feet AMSL

Antenna at packs-ridge must be raised to at least 184.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at packs-ridge must be raised to at least 1294.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at packs-ridge must be raised to at least 850.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.