--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: ke4kzs Site location: 34.7201 North / 82.2581 West (34° 43' 12" N / 82° 15' 29" W) Ground elevation: 889.11 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 909.11 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 83.41 feet Distance to gspnws_55: 11.48 miles Azimuth to gspnws_55: 10.75 degrees Elevation angle to gspnws_55: +0.0089 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 ke4kzs: 11.48 miles Azimuth to ke4kzs: 190.78 degrees Depression angle to ke4kzs: -0.1751 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 ke4kzs and gspnws_55: Free space path loss: 101.12 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 115.62 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 14.50 dB Field strength at gspnws_55: 50.40 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 88.65 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 108.57 uV Mode of propagation: Line-Of-Sight Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were detected by SPLAT! Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 8349.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at gspnws_55 must be raised to at least 4739.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.