--==[ 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 kd4ph: 9.99 miles Azimuth to kd4ph: 269.53 degrees Depression angle to kd4ph: -0.0117 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0112 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: kd4ph Site location: 34.8662 North / 82.4593 West (34° 51' 58" N / 82° 27' 33" W) Ground elevation: 1036.75 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1056.75 feet AMSL Distance to n4jwb: 9.99 miles Azimuth to n4jwb: 89.43 degrees Depression angle to n4jwb: -0.1329 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1292 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 kd4ph: Free space path loss: 99.91 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 128.24 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 28.33 dB Field strength at kd4ph: 37.78 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 20.73 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 25.39 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between kd4ph and n4jwb, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8670 N, 82.3581 W, 5.74 miles, 1010.50 feet AMSL 34.8670 N, 82.3573 W, 5.78 miles, 1023.62 feet AMSL 34.8670 N, 82.3564 W, 5.83 miles, 1040.03 feet AMSL 34.8670 N, 82.3539 W, 5.97 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL 34.8670 N, 82.3531 W, 6.02 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL 34.8670 N, 82.3514 W, 6.11 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL 34.8670 N, 82.3498 W, 6.21 miles, 1056.43 feet AMSL 34.8670 N, 82.3489 W, 6.26 miles, 1076.12 feet AMSL 34.8670 N, 82.3481 W, 6.30 miles, 1092.52 feet AMSL 34.8671 N, 82.3473 W, 6.35 miles, 1118.77 feet AMSL 34.8671 N, 82.3464 W, 6.40 miles, 1141.73 feet AMSL Antenna at kd4ph must be raised to at least 399.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kd4ph must be raised to at least 3743.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kd4ph must be raised to at least 1019.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.