--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: n4jwb Site location: 34.8675 North / 82.2831 West (34° 52' 3" N / 82° 16' 59" W) Ground elevation: 980.97 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1000.97 feet AMSL Distance to gspnws_55: 3.73 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 72.91 degrees Depression angle to gspnws_55: -0.0110 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 n4jwb: 3.73 miles Azimuth to n4jwb: 252.95 degrees Depression angle to n4jwb: -0.0429 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 n4jwb and gspnws_55: Free space path loss: 91.34 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 93.17 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 1.83 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 72.84 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 1174.44 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 1438.39 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 1689.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 415.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.