--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: kj4ght Site location: 34.9092 North / 82.7074 West (34° 54' 32" N / 82° 42' 26" W) Ground elevation: 1200.79 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1220.79 feet AMSL Distance to wt4c: 8.86 miles Azimuth to wt4c: 185.15 degrees Depression angle to wt4c: -0.4339 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.4323 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: wt4c Site location: 34.7815 North / 82.7214 West (34° 46' 53" N / 82° 43' 16" W) Ground elevation: 898.95 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 918.95 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: -10.15 feet Distance to kj4ght: 8.86 miles Azimuth to kj4ght: 5.14 degrees Elevation angle to kj4ght: +0.3057 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.7579 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 kj4ght and wt4c: Free space path loss: 98.86 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 125.08 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 26.22 dB Field strength at wt4c: 40.94 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 29.81 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 36.51 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between wt4c and kj4ght, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.7849 N, 82.7210 W, 0.24 miles, 935.04 feet AMSL 34.7857 N, 82.7209 W, 0.29 miles, 961.29 feet AMSL Antenna at wt4c must be raised to at least 56.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at wt4c must be raised to at least 2711.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at wt4c must be raised to at least 466.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.