[TowerTalk] ez nec help

Wes wes_n7ws at triconet.org
Sun May 3 18:49:48 EDT 2020


There's some misinformation here.  Rather than reinventing the wheel, I will 
suggest reading the EZNEC help section: "Stepped Diameter Correction Overview".

Wes  N7WS


On 5/3/2020 12:19 PM, jimlux wrote:
>
> Excellent point - tapered means "conical section" (i.e. smoothly varying 
> radius), and most antennas are actually stepped.
>
> In all the NEC engines, there's no problem connecting a "wire" with radius X 
> to a wire with radius Y, especially if they're in a straight line, and the 
> segment length isn't less than the diameter.
>



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