[TowerTalk] Enamelled copper wire in NEC

[jimlux]

On 4/24/20 4:22 AM, Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I use to set my wire antennas as plain copper in when modelling in NEC.
> In the case I would like to get closer to reality and set enamelled copper wire in NEC... I don't know what kind of properties to use, for the enamel layer.
> 
> Please, Any advice here?
> 
> 

Enameled wire (actually some sort of plastic coating) is pretty thin. I 
don't know that it would make much difference in the RF properties at HF 
frequencies.  Something like AWG 12 "house wire" or the ever popular 
lamp (zip) cord has a much thicker coating.

if you have NEC4 which does insulated wires, you can use the IS card to 
set the properties of the "insulating sheath". Most plastics have an 
epsilon of around 2-3, and very low conductivity (so use something like 
1E-6 or 1E-20)

IS 0 tagno segno1 segno2 epsilonr sigma radius

See page 58 in the NEC 4 manual
http://physics.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/examples/NEC_Manuals/NEC4UsersMan.pdf



here's someone discussing it:
http://on5au.be/content/amod/amod50.html