--==[ 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 kf4nxs: 9.24 miles Azimuth to kf4nxs: 42.09 degrees Depression angle to kf4nxs: -0.2095 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.2082 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 n4jwb: 9.24 miles Azimuth to n4jwb: 222.15 degrees Elevation angle to n4jwb: +0.0758 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1831 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 kf4nxs: Free space path loss: 99.23 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 122.35 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 23.12 dB Field strength at kf4nxs: 43.67 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 40.83 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 50.01 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between kf4nxs and n4jwb, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9627 N, 82.1782 W, 0.37 miles, 885.83 feet AMSL 34.9615 N, 82.1794 W, 0.47 miles, 902.23 feet AMSL 34.9610 N, 82.1800 W, 0.53 miles, 918.64 feet AMSL 34.9604 N, 82.1806 W, 0.58 miles, 921.92 feet AMSL 34.9369 N, 82.2066 W, 2.77 miles, 941.60 feet AMSL 34.9352 N, 82.2084 W, 2.93 miles, 951.44 feet AMSL 34.9347 N, 82.2091 W, 2.98 miles, 954.72 feet AMSL 34.9117 N, 82.2344 W, 5.12 miles, 974.41 feet AMSL 34.9112 N, 82.2350 W, 5.17 miles, 980.97 feet AMSL Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 128.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 1634.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 566.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.