--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: red_cross Site location: 34.8155 North / 82.4176 West (34° 48' 55" N / 82° 25' 3" W) Ground elevation: 964.57 feet AMSL Antenna height: 75.00 feet AGL / 1039.57 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 91.60 feet Distance to ke4kzs: 11.20 miles Azimuth to ke4kzs: 126.03 degrees Depression angle to ke4kzs: -0.2074 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: ke4kzs Site location: 34.7201 North / 82.2581 West (34° 43' 12" N / 82° 15' 29" W) Ground elevation: 889.11 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 909.11 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 83.41 feet Distance to red_cross: 11.20 miles Azimuth to red_cross: 306.12 degrees Elevation angle to red_cross: +0.0453 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 red_cross and ke4kzs: Free space path loss: 100.90 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 115.14 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 14.24 dB Field strength at ke4kzs: 50.87 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 93.60 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 114.64 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at ke4kzs must be raised to at least 2211.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at ke4kzs must be raised to at least 695.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.