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

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Transmitter site: kj4gjg
Site location: 35.0983 North / 82.2901 West (35° 5' 53" N / 82° 17' 24" W)
Ground elevation: 1040.03 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1060.03 feet AMSL
Distance to caesars_head: 18.00 miles
Azimuth to caesars_head: 273.27 degrees
Elevation angle to caesars_head: +1.2354 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +1.7376 degrees

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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 kj4gjg: 18.00 miles
Azimuth to kj4gjg: 93.09 degrees
Depression angle to kj4gjg: -1.4958 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -1.4952 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 kj4gjg and caesars_head:

Free space path loss: 105.02 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 116.29 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 11.26 dB
Field strength at caesars_head: 49.73 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 82.08 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 100.53 uV
Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between caesars_head and kj4gjg, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    35.0987 N,  82.2976 W, 17.57 miles, 1108.92 feet AMSL
    35.0986 N,  82.2968 W, 17.62 miles, 1105.64 feet AMSL
    35.0984 N,  82.2926 W, 17.86 miles, 1082.68 feet AMSL

Antenna at caesars_head must be raised to at least 1133.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at caesars_head must be raised to at least 10109.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at caesars_head must be raised to at least 6519.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.