There's some misinformation here. Rather than reinventing the wheel, I will
suggest reading the EZNEC help section: "Stepped Diameter Correction Overview".
Wes N7WS
On 5/3/2020 12:19 PM, jimlux wrote:
Excellent point - tapered means "conical section" (i.e. smoothly varying
radius), and most antennas are actually stepped.
In all the NEC engines, there's no problem connecting a "wire" with radius X
to a wire with radius Y, especially if they're in a straight line, and the
segment length isn't less than the diameter.
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