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

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Transmitter site: w4jto
Site location: 34.8994 North / 82.5414 West (34° 53' 57" N / 82° 32' 28" W)
Ground elevation: 1089.24 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1109.24 feet AMSL
Distance to ac4q: 19.35 miles
Azimuth to ac4q: 123.52 degrees
Depression angle to ac4q: -0.2615 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0350 degrees

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Receiver site: ac4q
Site location: 34.7445 North / 82.2572 West (34° 44' 40" N / 82° 15' 26" W)
Ground elevation: 872.70 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 892.70 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 46.87 feet
Distance to w4jto: 19.35 miles
Azimuth to w4jto: 303.68 degrees
Depression angle to w4jto: -0.0186 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.3437 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 w4jto and ac4q:

Free space path loss: 105.65 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 140.74 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 35.09 dB
Field strength at ac4q: 25.28 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 4.92 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 6.02 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ac4q and w4jto, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.7470 N,  82.2619 W,  0.32 miles, 902.23 feet AMSL
    34.7474 N,  82.2626 W,  0.37 miles, 905.51 feet AMSL
    34.7490 N,  82.2656 W,  0.57 miles, 908.79 feet AMSL
    34.7494 N,  82.2663 W,  0.62 miles, 921.92 feet AMSL
    34.7502 N,  82.2677 W,  0.72 miles, 935.04 feet AMSL
    34.7574 N,  82.2809 W,  1.61 miles, 944.88 feet AMSL
    34.7610 N,  82.2875 W,  2.06 miles, 944.88 feet AMSL
    34.7650 N,  82.2948 W,  2.56 miles, 944.88 feet AMSL
    34.7746 N,  82.3123 W,  3.76 miles, 944.88 feet AMSL
    34.7750 N,  82.3130 W,  3.80 miles, 951.44 feet AMSL
    34.7754 N,  82.3138 W,  3.85 miles, 954.72 feet AMSL
    34.7762 N,  82.3152 W,  3.95 miles, 958.01 feet AMSL
    34.7938 N,  82.3474 W,  6.15 miles, 974.41 feet AMSL
    34.8105 N,  82.3781 W,  8.24 miles, 990.81 feet AMSL
    34.8109 N,  82.3788 W,  8.29 miles, 1007.22 feet AMSL
    34.8113 N,  82.3796 W,  8.34 miles, 1010.50 feet AMSL
    34.8117 N,  82.3803 W,  8.39 miles, 1020.34 feet AMSL
    34.8472 N,  82.4454 W, 12.82 miles, 1040.03 feet AMSL
    34.8484 N,  82.4476 W, 12.97 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL
    34.8986 N,  82.5399 W, 19.25 miles, 1108.92 feet AMSL

Antenna at ac4q must be raised to at least 424.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ac4q must be raised to at least 14116.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ac4q must be raised to at least 7597.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.