"Arie" wrote in message
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Hi Bob, you are probably right about the different software standards.
The
NEC-2 Users Manual, p8, first paragraph, states: "Delta/a must be
'about'
8 for errors 1%". I guess the developers of 4nec2 considered the
error
for Delta/a 6 to be acceptable.

Yes, and now I am wondering where I got this value of 6 instead of 8...

However when delta/a (len/radius) 6 a warning is generated, when
delta/a 2 an error is generated. When using more thick wires, you can
add the EK card. With this more high delte/a values are possible.
(warning if delta/a 2, error if delta/a 0.5).

Greetings from the 'developer',

Arie.

p.s. I can also recommend www.cebik.com

Not sure if "EK" will help much here since the "wire" diameter is
lambda/100. Seems to be a borderline case for a wire grid model. It is
like building a 20m dipole from 10" diameter pipe.

Also noticed the pole touches the ground, which is not allowed in NEC2.
Don't understand why it does not produce a warning. Usually when I connect
a wire to a non-perfect ground the ground grid turns purple (NEC-Win Pro),
and I get crazy results, but not in this case. Not that this is relevant in
this model.

Frank