[Antennaware] antenna project and software...

Ed k4sb at comcast.net
Mon Feb 12 23:53:16 EST 2007


Terry Conboy wrote:
> Not only will the $80 version of EZNEC model this array, but even the
> free version of EZNEC (limited to 20 segments) will work well unless
> the elements exceed 1/2 wl long.

WHOA!!!

You absolutely CANNOT model an antenna of this sort with the free
version. Consider that at a minimum, you will have about 140' of
elements. With only 20 segments, you would be looking at the currents
every 7' along the element.

W4RLN's site has a good article on proper segmentation.

Not a blast at terry, who offered to help, but this segmentation issue
has come up before, and people need to understand it.

73
Ed


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