[TowerTalk] C31XR versus SteppIR

Peter Voelpel df3kv at t-online.de
Sun May 13 13:53:23 EDT 2007


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Lux [mailto:jimlux at earthlink.net] 

At 02:51 PM 5/11/2007, Peter Voelpel wrote:
>>Those figures are EZNEC simulated

>Which figures?

The figures given by Optibeam on their homepage


>In general, decent NEC models of different antennas should be
intercomparable. "decent" being the operative word.. It
>takes a fair amount of skill and work to generate good models, especially
if there are tapered elements, traps, or lumped >components.  The other
thing that will definitely be an issue for a model is anything where the
feedline or other stuff 
>is part of the antenna, whether deliberately or not.

>But, for comparisons of run of the mill Yagi-Uda arrays, with attention to
segmentation and such, one should be able to 
>get comparative data within 1/2 dB or so.

Try to convince Steve.
Seems he is not a believing in antenna simulation.

But I don´t believe in gain figures which are not measured in the main lobe

Peter

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>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
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>     Currently Force 12 and SteppIR are the only  manufacturers that 
>use our protocol to produce useful  comparable performance figures.  If 
>Optibeam figures were produced  similarly, then I'd be more inclined to
believe them.
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