[TowerTalk] Flat plate compensation

[Dan Maguire via TowerTalk]

Grant wrote:
>>> Lawson "Yagi Antenna Design" page 7-12 computes the equivalent radius of a boom to element plate as =width/4.

The equivalent diameter of clamps is also covered in Section 9.1 of the Leeson text, "Physical Design of Yagi Antennas".  AutoEZ can do the Leeson calculations, as shown in this dialog:

http://ac6la.com/aecr9.png

For some words to go along with the picture see the end of the first section on this page:

http://ac6la.com/aecreate.html

The free demo version of AutoEZ includes this feature.  You are more than welcome to use it to determine the dimensions and then modify your .ez/.nec model as necessary.

AutoEZ info and download:  http://ac6la.com/autoez.html

Dan, AC6LA