[TowerTalk] Taper conversions ...

[Tom Hellem]

Joe-
The best tool I have found is AutoEZ by AC6LA.
Playing around with taper schedule in it is so easy it's ridiculous.
It's well worth the small price he asks for it.
For a 6 meter beam I don't think you are going to need to be very
concerned with wind survival, as long as you use common sense and don't
try to build an element with, say, 1/2" tubing as your largest diameter
section.
The only caveat I can offer is that NEC 2 engine will not give 100% precise
prediction
for the final length of DE, it will usually need to be tuned to length in
the field.

Tom
K0SN

On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 8:17 AM Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is usually contained in whatever Yagi design program I use such as YO.
> I think there are stand-alone programs to create a taper schedule, but I
> didn’t find one in a quick search.
>
> Chuck W5PR
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 8:48 AM Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I have some 6M Yagi designs with uniform element diameters
> > that I would like to build using tapered elements I have on
> > hand from the aluminum pile.
> >
> > Does anyone have a pointer to converting the uniform element
> > lengths to an arbitrary taper schedule?
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >     ... Joe, W4TV
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