--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==--

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Transmitter site: packs-ridge
Site location: 35.0647 North / 82.3265 West (35° 3' 52" N / 82° 19' 35" W)
Ground elevation: 1305.77 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 6.00 feet AGL / 1311.77 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 119.85 feet
Distance to ghssimpsonville: 24.20 miles
Azimuth to ghssimpsonville: 169.44 degrees
Depression angle to ghssimpsonville: -0.3452 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.3368 degrees

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Receiver site: ghssimpsonville
Site location: 34.7203 North / 82.2483 West (34° 43' 13" N / 82° 14' 53" W)
Ground elevation: 892.39 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 932.39 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 110.74 feet
Distance to packs-ridge: 24.20 miles
Azimuth to packs-ridge: 349.48 degrees
Depression angle to packs-ridge: -0.0051 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.0048 degrees

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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

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Summary for the link between packs-ridge and ghssimpsonville:

Free space path loss: 107.60 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 125.33 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 17.74 dB
Field strength at ghssimpsonville: 40.69 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 28.97 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 35.48 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ghssimpsonville and packs-ridge, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.8144 N,  82.2696 W,  6.61 miles, 964.57 feet AMSL
    34.8168 N,  82.2702 W,  6.78 miles, 967.85 feet AMSL
    34.8176 N,  82.2703 W,  6.84 miles, 977.69 feet AMSL

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 65.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 8974.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ghssimpsonville must be raised to at least 1356.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.