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

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Transmitter site: kj4gtu
Site location: 34.8498 North / 82.3910 West (34° 50' 59" N / 82° 23' 27" W)
Ground elevation: 1017.06 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1037.06 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 49.08 feet
Distance to ghstr: 9.25 miles
Azimuth to ghstr: 338.62 degrees
Elevation angle to ghstr: +0.0335 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.0814 degrees

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Receiver site: ghstr
Site location: 34.9744 North / 82.4506 West (34° 58' 27" N / 82° 27' 2" W)
Ground elevation: 1082.68 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 1122.68 feet AMSL
Distance to kj4gtu: 9.25 miles
Azimuth to kj4gtu: 158.59 degrees
Depression angle to kj4gtu: -0.1674 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1620 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 kj4gtu and ghstr:

Free space path loss: 99.24 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 125.08 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 25.84 dB
Field strength at ghstr: 40.94 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 29.82 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 36.53 uV
Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ghstr and kj4gtu, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.9694 N,  82.4481 W,  0.38 miles, 1128.61 feet AMSL
    34.9596 N,  82.4434 W,  1.10 miles, 1122.05 feet AMSL
    34.9588 N,  82.4431 W,  1.16 miles, 1122.05 feet AMSL
    34.9566 N,  82.4420 W,  1.33 miles, 1125.33 feet AMSL
    34.9460 N,  82.4370 W,  2.11 miles, 1115.49 feet AMSL
    34.9445 N,  82.4363 W,  2.22 miles, 1125.33 feet AMSL
    34.9438 N,  82.4359 W,  2.27 miles, 1131.89 feet AMSL
    34.9430 N,  82.4355 W,  2.33 miles, 1148.29 feet AMSL
    34.9423 N,  82.4352 W,  2.39 miles, 1184.38 feet AMSL
    34.9408 N,  82.4345 W,  2.50 miles, 1194.23 feet AMSL

Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 186.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 2037.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ghstr must be raised to at least 860.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.