--==[ 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 kf4nxs: 12.93 miles
Azimuth to kf4nxs: 355.92 degrees
Depression angle to kf4nxs: -0.0357 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0337 degrees

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Receiver site: kf4nxs
Site location: 34.9666 North / 82.1738 West (34° 57' 59" N / 82° 10' 25" W)
Ground elevation: 859.58 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 879.58 feet AMSL
Distance to n4iq: 12.93 miles
Azimuth to n4iq: 175.91 degrees
Depression angle to n4iq: -0.1514 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0103 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 kf4nxs:

Free space path loss: 102.15 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 129.59 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 27.44 dB
Field strength at kf4nxs: 36.43 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 17.75 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 21.74 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between kf4nxs and n4iq, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.9594 N,  82.1732 W,  0.50 miles, 879.27 feet AMSL
    34.9585 N,  82.1731 W,  0.56 miles, 885.83 feet AMSL
    34.9577 N,  82.1730 W,  0.62 miles, 885.83 feet AMSL
    34.9436 N,  82.1718 W,  1.60 miles, 885.83 feet AMSL
    34.9428 N,  82.1717 W,  1.65 miles, 889.11 feet AMSL
    34.9386 N,  82.1713 W,  1.94 miles, 908.79 feet AMSL
    34.9195 N,  82.1697 W,  3.26 miles, 895.67 feet AMSL
    34.9187 N,  82.1696 W,  3.32 miles, 898.95 feet AMSL
    34.9170 N,  82.1695 W,  3.44 miles, 905.51 feet AMSL
    34.9162 N,  82.1694 W,  3.49 miles, 918.64 feet AMSL
    34.9154 N,  82.1693 W,  3.55 miles, 931.76 feet AMSL
    34.9145 N,  82.1692 W,  3.61 miles, 941.60 feet AMSL
    34.9087 N,  82.1687 W,  4.01 miles, 938.32 feet AMSL
    34.9079 N,  82.1687 W,  4.07 miles, 954.72 feet AMSL
    34.8249 N,  82.1614 W,  9.82 miles, 862.86 feet AMSL
    34.8240 N,  82.1614 W,  9.88 miles, 869.42 feet AMSL

Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 286.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 4958.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 1017.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.