--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: n4iq Site location: 34.7800 North / 82.1575 West (34° 46' 48" N / 82° 9' 27" W) Ground elevation: 790.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 810.68 feet AMSL Distance to ghsgreer: 10.90 miles Azimuth to ghsgreer: 333.23 degrees Elevation angle to ghsgreer: +0.1011 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1040 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: ghsgreer Site location: 34.9208 North / 82.2442 West (34° 55' 14" N / 82° 14' 39" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 991.44 feet AMSL Distance to n4iq: 10.90 miles Azimuth to n4iq: 153.18 degrees Depression angle to n4iq: -0.2588 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.2513 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 n4iq and ghsgreer: Free space path loss: 100.66 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 120.82 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 20.16 dB Field strength at ghsgreer: 45.19 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 48.68 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 59.61 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between ghsgreer and n4iq, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9099 N, 82.2374 W, 0.84 miles, 984.25 feet AMSL 34.9078 N, 82.2361 W, 1.01 miles, 984.25 feet AMSL 34.9071 N, 82.2357 W, 1.06 miles, 984.25 feet AMSL 34.8837 N, 82.2213 W, 2.88 miles, 951.44 feet AMSL 34.8823 N, 82.2204 W, 2.99 miles, 974.41 feet AMSL 34.8815 N, 82.2200 W, 3.04 miles, 997.38 feet AMSL Antenna at ghsgreer must be raised to at least 141.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ghsgreer must be raised to at least 2548.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ghsgreer must be raised to at least 812.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.