You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.
The Feb 2025 Radioddity Giveaway Results are In! Click Here to see who won!

Reply to thread

Message

[UOTE="The DB, post: 734044, member: 21346"]I think his mast is touching the ground, but he is using something other than the MiniNec ground, which with all grounds except for Perfect and MIniNec will treat the end of the wire like it is hanging out in space and isn't connected to anything.

At the same time he used EZNec. While it isn't my favorite modeling software, I have used it in the past, and as I recall if you use anything with a direct wire to the ground below and don't use either Perfect or MiniNec ground I recall it popping up a message telling you that your results will not be accurate... I guess it is just one of several things that he has said or written on his web site that I question...

The DB

You are right...he used High Accuracy. The current pattern at the bottom of the mast now looks like the model he posted. BTW, the Wires screen still shows the mast touching the ground.

So, I will remove the ISO at the base and change the model to High Accuracy and see what happens.

I will be looking for this change to fix the problem of CMC and make the pattern look better, so we might find a lucky mast length to check out on our Old Imax. I may have to do some more tweaking to find another mast length that makes this all work better.

DB, thanks for your heads-up.

Below are the messages I saw pop-up on checking these features. Bad images but maybe the PDF Zoom feature will help.

[/QUOTE]

<blockquote data-quote="Marconi" data-source="post: 734060" data-attributes="member: 903">[UOTE=&quot;The DB, post: 734044, member: 21346&quot;]I think his mast is touching the ground, but he is using something other than the MiniNec ground, which with all grounds except for Perfect and MIniNec will treat the end of the wire like it is hanging out in space and isn&#039;t connected to anything.At the same time he used EZNec.&nbsp; While it isn&#039;t my favorite modeling software, I have used it in the past, and as I recall if you use anything with a direct wire to the ground below and don&#039;t use either Perfect or MiniNec ground I recall it popping up a message telling you that your results will not be accurate...&nbsp; I guess it is just one of several things that he has said or written on his web site that I question...The DB</blockquote>You are right...he used High Accuracy. The current pattern at the bottom of the mast now looks like the model he posted. BTW, the Wires screen still shows the mast touching the ground.So, I will remove the ISO at the base and change the model to High Accuracy and see what happens.I will be looking for this change to fix the problem of CMC and make the pattern look better, so we might find a lucky mast length to check out on our Old Imax. I may have to do some more tweaking to find another mast length that makes this all work better.DB, thanks for your heads-up.Below are the messages I saw pop-up on checking these features. Bad images but maybe the PDF Zoom feature will help.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Marconi, post: 734060, member: 903"] [UOTE="The DB, post: 734044, member: 21346"]I think his mast is touching the ground, but he is using something other than the MiniNec ground, which with all grounds except for Perfect and MIniNec will treat the end of the wire like it is hanging out in space and isn't connected to anything. At the same time he used EZNec. While it isn't my favorite modeling software, I have used it in the past, and as I recall if you use anything with a direct wire to the ground below and don't use either Perfect or MiniNec ground I recall it popping up a message telling you that your results will not be accurate... I guess it is just one of several things that he has said or written on his web site that I question... The DB[/QUOTE] You are right...he used High Accuracy. The current pattern at the bottom of the mast now looks like the model he posted. BTW, the Wires screen still shows the mast touching the ground. So, I will remove the ISO at the base and change the model to High Accuracy and see what happens. I will be looking for this change to fix the problem of CMC and make the pattern look better, so we might find a lucky mast length to check out on our Old Imax. I may have to do some more tweaking to find another mast length that makes this all work better. DB, thanks for your heads-up. Below are the messages I saw pop-up on checking these features. Bad images but maybe the PDF Zoom feature will help. [/QUOTE]

Top Bottom