--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: wb4fee Site location: 34.8079 North / 82.2632 West (34° 48' 28" N / 82° 15' 47" W) Ground elevation: 905.51 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 925.51 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 32.41 feet Distance to gspnws_55: 5.75 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 25.02 degrees Elevation angle to gspnws_55: +0.1111 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1884 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 wb4fee: 5.75 miles Azimuth to wb4fee: 205.04 degrees Depression angle to wb4fee: -0.1943 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1711 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 wb4fee and gspnws_55: Free space path loss: 95.11 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 109.82 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 14.71 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 56.20 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 172.79 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 211.62 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between gspnws_55 and wb4fee, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.8231 N, 82.2545 W, 4.59 miles, 948.16 feet AMSL 34.8202 N, 82.2562 W, 4.81 miles, 951.44 feet AMSL Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 152.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 3183.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 1349.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.