--==[ 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 jonesgap: 11.24 miles Azimuth to jonesgap: 301.59 degrees Elevation angle to jonesgap: +0.2600 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +1.3075 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: jonesgap Site location: 35.1253 North / 82.5736 West (35° 7' 31" N / 82° 34' 24" W) Ground elevation: 1420.60 feet AMSL Antenna height: 6.00 feet AGL / 1426.60 feet AMSL Distance to wd4dyh: 11.24 miles Azimuth to wd4dyh: 121.50 degrees Depression angle to wd4dyh: -0.4226 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +15.0040 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 jonesgap: Free space path loss: 100.93 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 170.14 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 69.21 dB Field strength at jonesgap: -4.13 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 0.17 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 0.20 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between jonesgap and wd4dyh, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 35.1244 N, 82.5718 W, 0.12 miles, 1512.47 feet AMSL 35.1236 N, 82.5703 W, 0.22 miles, 1548.56 feet AMSL 35.1229 N, 82.5688 W, 0.32 miles, 1686.35 feet AMSL 35.1217 N, 82.5666 W, 0.47 miles, 1774.93 feet AMSL 35.1210 N, 82.5651 W, 0.57 miles, 1889.76 feet AMSL 35.1206 N, 82.5643 W, 0.62 miles, 1925.85 feet AMSL 35.1203 N, 82.5636 W, 0.66 miles, 2053.81 feet AMSL 35.0424 N, 82.4087 W, 10.94 miles, 1108.92 feet AMSL Antenna at jonesgap must be raised to at least 1091.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at jonesgap must be raised to at least 4926.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at jonesgap must be raised to at least 3392.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.