--==[ 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 ke4hgx: 6.53 miles
Azimuth to ke4hgx: 192.01 degrees
Depression angle to ke4hgx: -0.2816 degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.2447 degrees

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Receiver site: ke4hgx
Site location: 34.8070 North / 82.5653 West (34° 48' 25" N / 82° 33' 55" W)
Ground elevation: 948.16 feet AMSL
Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 968.16 feet AMSL
Antenna height above average terrain: 5.49 feet
Distance to w4jto: 6.53 miles
Azimuth to w4jto: 11.99 degrees
Elevation angle to w4jto: +0.1871 degrees
Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.5359 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 ke4hgx:

Free space path loss: 96.22 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 127.33 dB
Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 31.11 dB
Field strength at ke4hgx: 38.69 dBuV/meter
Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 23.02 uV
Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 28.20 uV
Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant

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Between ke4hgx and w4jto, SPLAT! detected obstructions at:

    34.8131 N,  82.5637 W,  0.43 miles, 990.81 feet AMSL
    34.8172 N,  82.5627 W,  0.72 miles, 1023.62 feet AMSL
    34.8180 N,  82.5625 W,  0.78 miles, 1036.75 feet AMSL
    34.8196 N,  82.5621 W,  0.89 miles, 1043.31 feet AMSL
    34.8317 N,  82.5589 W,  1.75 miles, 1056.43 feet AMSL
    34.8325 N,  82.5587 W,  1.80 miles, 1062.99 feet AMSL
    34.8333 N,  82.5585 W,  1.86 miles, 1069.55 feet AMSL
    34.8760 N,  82.5474 W,  4.88 miles, 1102.36 feet AMSL
    34.8986 N,  82.5416 W,  6.48 miles, 1112.20 feet AMSL

Antenna at ke4hgx must be raised to at least 530.00 feet AGL
to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT!

Antenna at ke4hgx must be raised to at least 5660.00 feet AGL
to clear the first Fresnel zone.

Antenna at ke4hgx must be raised to at least 3608.00 feet AGL
to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.