Topband: AutoEZ

[Paul Christensen]

4Nec2 supports current sources, as well as surface/ground wave modeling --  
as has been discussed here in past weeks and should be of importance to 
topbanders.

It may be worth having a look at the most recent versions of the 4Nec2 
software.

Paul, W9AC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
To: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig at gmail.com>
Cc: "'topband'" <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: AutoEZ


>
>
> On 9/20/2013 1:14 PM, Rick Kiessig wrote:
>> Although I like and use (and have paid for) EZNEC, I've been using the 
>> free
>> 4nec2 app for optimization -- perhaps that's another option for those
>> without Excel.
>>
>> 73, Rick ZL2HAM
>
> I recently looked at 4nec2.  Correct me if I am
> missing something, but this software cannot do
> many important extensions to the NEC engine that
> EZNEC does, such as current sources.  The lack
> of current sources is sufficient to rule out
> 4nec2 for me.  There are many other deficiencies
> in 4nec2.  It really makes EZNEC look good.
>
> Rick N6RK
> _________________
> Topband Reflector