[TowerTalk] Taper changes using EZNEC+

Steve London n2icarrl at gmail.com
Fri May 11 12:17:14 PDT 2012


Jim Lux wrote:

 >Isn't that taper correction an empirical formula? (from Dave Leeson W6NL
 >nee W6QHS)  It converts a specific taper schedule into an equivalent
 >constant diameter and length, with the calibration done by comparison
 >against a real antenna.

 >So, if you have Dave's book (or the algorithms in there), you can
 >probably figure it out.

The companion spreadsheet used to be on the ARRL web site, before the conversion 
to the new ARRL web site. Since it is copyright protected by W6NL and ARRL, I 
hesitate to post it myself. Maybe someone at the ARRL can help ?

73,
Steve, N2IC


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