--==[ 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 gspnws_55: 7.97 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 333.51 degrees Elevation angle to gspnws_55: +0.2087 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: gspnws_55 Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 55.00 feet AGL / 1006.44 feet AMSL Distance to n4iq: 7.97 miles Azimuth to n4iq: 153.48 degrees Depression angle to n4iq: -0.3241 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 gspnws_55: Free space path loss: 97.95 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 101.92 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 3.97 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 64.10 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 429.09 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 525.52 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 1801.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 533.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.