--==[ 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 gspnws_55: 11.51 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 110.32 degrees Depression angle to gspnws_55: -1.1526 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: gspnws_55 Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W) Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna height: 55.00 feet AGL / 1006.44 feet AMSL Distance to paris_mountain_100: 11.51 miles Azimuth to paris_mountain_100: 290.43 degrees Elevation angle to paris_mountain_100: +0.9860 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 gspnws_55: Free space path loss: 101.14 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 101.08 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: -0.06 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 64.94 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 472.87 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 579.15 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 80.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. 60% of the first Fresnel zone is clear.