--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: wd4dyh Site location: 35.0402 North / 82.4042 West (35° 2' 24" N / 82° 24' 15" W) Ground elevation: 1053.15 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1073.15 feet AMSL Distance to caesars_head: 12.57 miles Azimuth to caesars_head: 293.57 degrees Elevation angle to caesars_head: +1.8535 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: caesars_head Site location: 35.1128 North / 82.6081 West (35° 6' 45" N / 82° 36' 28" W) Ground elevation: 3024.93 feet AMSL Antenna height: 300.00 feet AGL / 3324.93 feet AMSL Distance to wd4dyh: 12.57 miles Azimuth to wd4dyh: 113.46 degrees Depression angle to wd4dyh: -2.0353 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 wd4dyh and caesars_head: Free space path loss: 101.90 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 101.85 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: -0.05 dB Field strength at caesars_head: 64.17 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 432.38 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 529.56 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at caesars_head must be raised to at least 2559.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at caesars_head must be raised to at least 654.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.