Hi Guy,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, that makes sense, often I had not made models with
multiple feedpoints so I didn't notice a difference between I/V. In many cases
I was using SI/SV at non wire junctions, but that didn't seem to make a
difference either. I do see a difference when switching between I/SI and V/SV
at a wire junction.
I won't take your rtfm as a blow off, although i did read the manual some years
ago. I have either forgetten what I knew, or didn't think I understood it
enough. I'll check again and see if it makes sense. When you say "two
feedlines connected in parallel, do you mean for example a slitter which acts
as a phasing array?"
thanks,
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olinger@bellsouth.net>
To: "Paul Decker" <kg7hf@comcast.net>
Cc: antennaware@contesting.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 12:46:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Antennaware] model sources
If you have a single feed point, I or V is immaterial. SI or SV is
used put a feedpoint at a wire junction, as in a Vee antenna. Mark the
two connected points as SI or SV.
When you have more than two feedpoints in a model you now have to
decide whether you will drive them with forced voltage (two feedlines
connected in parallel) or forced current (various devices) and set
their phases. That's where the I and the V come in. By far the most
concise discussion around on these is to be found in the EZNEC help
screens. This is not a put-off of any kind as in RTFM, it is a
sincere recommendation to probably the very best first reference
source. And it is indexed and searchable.
73, Guy.
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Paul Decker <kg7hf@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hi group,
>
>
>
> I use EZ-NEC 5.0, but I'm wondering what the different sources mean and when
> they should be used. For example there is a selection for I, V, SI and SV
> . Over the past few years I have been using them mostly interchangeably
> without seeing any differences in the the results. Now I have built a model
> where I see dramatic difference between using I sources vs. using V sources,
> so I'm interested in what the different sources mean.
>
>
>
> thanks and 73,
> Paul (KG7HF)
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