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

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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 ghssimpsonville: 6.61 miles
Azimuth to ghssimpsonville: 231.33 degrees
Elevation angle to ghssimpsonville: +0.1521 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1887 degrees

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Receiver site: ghssimpsonville
Site location: 34.7203 North / 82.2483 West (34° 43' 13" N / 82° 14' 53" W)
Ground elevation: 892.39 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 932.39 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 110.74 feet
Distance to n4iq: 6.61 miles
Azimuth to n4iq: 51.28 degrees
Depression angle to n4iq: -0.2477 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.2399 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 n4iq and ghssimpsonville:

Free space path loss: 96.32 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 117.05 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 20.73 dB
Field strength at ghssimpsonville: 48.97 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 75.16 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 92.05 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ghssimpsonville and n4iq, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.7457 N,  82.2097 W,  2.81 miles, 875.98 feet AMSL
    34.7462 N,  82.2091 W,  2.86 miles, 875.98 feet AMSL
    34.7466 N,  82.2084 W,  2.91 miles, 898.95 feet AMSL
    34.7475 N,  82.2070 W,  3.01 miles, 908.79 feet AMSL
    34.7480 N,  82.2063 W,  3.06 miles, 912.07 feet AMSL
    34.7539 N,  82.1972 W,  3.72 miles, 892.39 feet AMSL
    34.7544 N,  82.1965 W,  3.77 miles, 898.95 feet AMSL
    34.7549 N,  82.1958 W,  3.82 miles, 898.95 feet AMSL
    34.7659 N,  82.1791 W,  5.04 miles, 862.86 feet AMSL
    34.7764 N,  82.1631 W,  6.20 miles, 830.05 feet AMSL

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 262.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 3378.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 1826.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.