--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: paris_mountain_100 Site location: 34.9413 North / 82.4107 West (34° 56' 28" N / 82° 24' 38" W) Ground elevation: 2040.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 100.00 feet AGL / 2140.68 feet AMSL Distance to af4ee: 19.33 miles Azimuth to af4ee: 236.93 degrees Depression angle to af4ee: -0.7521 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.7180 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: af4ee Site location: 34.7884 North / 82.6962 West (34° 47' 18" N / 82° 41' 46" W) Ground elevation: 1030.18 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1050.18 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 92.98 feet Distance to paris_mountain_100: 19.33 miles Azimuth to paris_mountain_100: 56.76 degrees Elevation angle to paris_mountain_100: +0.4724 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.5040 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 paris_mountain_100 and af4ee: Free space path loss: 105.64 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 115.51 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 9.87 dB Field strength at af4ee: 50.51 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 89.76 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 109.93 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between af4ee and paris_mountain_100, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8213 N, 82.6348 W, 4.16 miles, 1295.93 feet AMSL Antenna at af4ee must be raised to at least 88.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at af4ee must be raised to at least 522.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at af4ee must be raised to at least 348.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.