--==[ 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 gspnws: 18.23 miles
Azimuth to gspnws: 93.41 degrees
Depression angle to gspnws: -0.2020 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1796 degrees

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Receiver site: gspnws
Site location: 34.8833 North / 82.2203 West (34° 52' 59" N / 82° 13' 13" W)
Ground elevation: 951.44 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 40.00 feet AGL / 991.44 feet AMSL
Distance to w4jto: 18.23 miles
Azimuth to w4jto: 273.59 degrees
Depression angle to w4jto: -0.0618 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.0435 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 gspnws:

Free space path loss: 105.14 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 127.98 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 22.84 dB
Field strength at gspnws: 38.04 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 21.36 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 26.16 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between gspnws and w4jto, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.8893 N,  82.3366 W,  6.61 miles, 994.09 feet AMSL
    34.8894 N,  82.3391 W,  6.75 miles, 997.38 feet AMSL
    34.8901 N,  82.3524 W,  7.51 miles, 1000.66 feet AMSL
    34.8901 N,  82.3533 W,  7.55 miles, 1007.22 feet AMSL
    34.8904 N,  82.3583 W,  7.84 miles, 1017.06 feet AMSL
    34.8904 N,  82.3591 W,  7.88 miles, 1043.31 feet AMSL
    34.8905 N,  82.3608 W,  7.98 miles, 1046.59 feet AMSL
    34.8905 N,  82.3616 W,  8.03 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL
    34.8908 N,  82.3666 W,  8.31 miles, 1053.15 feet AMSL
    34.8908 N,  82.3674 W,  8.36 miles, 1069.55 feet AMSL
    34.8909 N,  82.3683 W,  8.40 miles, 1072.83 feet AMSL
    34.8909 N,  82.3691 W,  8.45 miles, 1085.96 feet AMSL
    34.8912 N,  82.3741 W,  8.73 miles, 1095.80 feet AMSL
    34.8912 N,  82.3749 W,  8.78 miles, 1108.92 feet AMSL
    34.8912 N,  82.3757 W,  8.83 miles, 1108.92 feet AMSL
    34.8913 N,  82.3766 W,  8.88 miles, 1122.05 feet AMSL
    34.8916 N,  82.3832 W,  9.25 miles, 1125.33 feet AMSL
    34.8917 N,  82.3841 W,  9.30 miles, 1154.86 feet AMSL
    34.8917 N,  82.3849 W,  9.35 miles, 1187.66 feet AMSL
    34.8917 N,  82.3857 W,  9.40 miles, 1220.47 feet AMSL
    34.8918 N,  82.3866 W,  9.44 miles, 1253.28 feet AMSL
    34.8918 N,  82.3874 W,  9.49 miles, 1282.81 feet AMSL
    34.8919 N,  82.3882 W,  9.54 miles, 1295.93 feet AMSL
    34.8919 N,  82.3891 W,  9.58 miles, 1295.93 feet AMSL
    34.8919 N,  82.3899 W,  9.63 miles, 1295.93 feet AMSL

Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 671.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 13497.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at gspnws must be raised to at least 7190.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.