--==[ 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 kf4nxs: 10.98 miles
Azimuth to kf4nxs: 128.05 degrees
Depression angle to kf4nxs: -0.5066 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.4970 degrees

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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 packs-ridge: 10.98 miles
Azimuth to packs-ridge: 308.14 degrees
Elevation angle to packs-ridge: +0.3478 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.3484 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 kf4nxs:

Free space path loss: 100.73 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 111.55 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 10.82 dB
Field strength at kf4nxs: 54.47 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 141.60 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 173.42 uV
Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between kf4nxs and packs-ridge, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.9823 N,  82.1981 W,  1.75 miles, 938.32 feet AMSL
    34.9827 N,  82.1988 W,  1.80 miles, 951.44 feet AMSL
    34.9850 N,  82.2023 W,  2.05 miles, 967.85 feet AMSL

Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 45.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 1984.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at kf4nxs must be raised to at least 290.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.