--==[ 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 kb4pqa: 4.99 miles Azimuth to kb4pqa: 336.71 degrees Depression angle to kb4pqa: -0.0860 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0791 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kb4pqa Site location: 34.9339 North / 82.3180 West (34° 56' 1" N / 82° 19' 4" W) Ground elevation: 958.01 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 978.01 feet AMSL Distance to n4jwb: 4.99 miles Azimuth to n4jwb: 156.69 degrees Elevation angle to n4jwb: +0.0138 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.4988 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 kb4pqa: Free space path loss: 93.88 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 110.90 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 17.01 dB Field strength at kb4pqa: 55.12 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 152.64 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 186.94 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between kb4pqa and n4jwb, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9302 N, 82.3160 W, 0.27 miles, 990.81 feet AMSL 34.9295 N, 82.3157 W, 0.33 miles, 1003.94 feet AMSL Antenna at kb4pqa must be raised to at least 48.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kb4pqa must be raised to at least 2229.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kb4pqa must be raised to at least 834.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.