[TowerTalk] NEC4 server

[Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H]

It sounds fantastic to me.
I use to run NEC2 quite often and sometimes I would like to compare results with NEC4, just in case.
Sometimes I ask a good friend with NEC4 to run it for me, so to be able to run NEC4 myself, online, would be great.

Thanks

73, Maximo - EA1DDO


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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of jimlux
Sent: sábado, 9 de noviembre de 2019 23:42
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] NEC4 server

> On 11/9/2019 11:34 AM, jimlux wrote:
>> I've been thinking about putting up a server that would run NEC4.2 on 
>> user submitted decks - The idea is you would upload your input deck, 
>> and then, sometime later, your output would be there to download. 
>> Single run at a time, some sort of queuing system, some sort of 
>> "maximum run time".  After some period of time, your output file would 
>> disappear (depends on how much disk space I have)
>>
>> (Just for context, I've been running a bunch of jobs recently for a 
>> variety of designs with >600 segments, the GN3 Sommerfeld-Norton 
>> ground, and run times are about 5 seconds per frequency)
>>
>> It would be free, as an experiment. Sort of like the servers that will 
>> produce a aziumuthal map centered at a user entered location.
>>
>> The idea is that you can run your NEC2 jobs, and then, after 
>> iterating, and you want to verify against the higher quality modeling 
>> that NEC4 provides, you could do that.
>>
>> Or, if your job is simple enough and runs fast enough, you could 
>> iterate a design that has buried wires, etc.
>>
>> I do need to look into the NEC4 license agreement to make sure it's 
>> permitted. There's no export control issue - the executable (and 
>> source) are export controlled (EAR, not ITAR), but input and output 
>> data is not.
>>
>>
>> I'm looking for feedback on the idea - any interest in it?
>> Any suggestions on implementation or features?
>>
>>
>> Jim, W6RMK
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