--==[ 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 paris_mountain: 8.85 miles Azimuth to paris_mountain: 305.24 degrees Elevation angle to paris_mountain: +1.2183 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: paris_mountain Site location: 34.9413 North / 82.4107 West (34° 56' 28" N / 82° 24' 38" W) Ground elevation: 2040.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 6.00 feet AGL / 2046.68 feet AMSL Distance to n4jwb: 8.85 miles Azimuth to n4jwb: 125.17 degrees Depression angle to n4jwb: -1.3464 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 paris_mountain: Free space path loss: 98.86 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 98.76 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: -0.10 dB Field strength at paris_mountain: 67.26 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 617.31 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 756.05 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at paris_mountain must be raised to at least 3485.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at paris_mountain must be raised to at least 677.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.