And, BTW, this DOES allows comparison of Plots, from
2 (or more?) antennas. I Tried it, works Great!
Jim

Jim - NN7K wrote:
P.S. Check out the "Traceview" option, at least
in EZNEC 5. Go to "View", then open "Traceview"!
Think this might allow you to compair 2 overlayed
patterns-- tho haven't gone thru manual-- YET! Jim NN7K

Tam/WB2TT wrote:

"Jim - NN7K" wrote in message
t...
And, BTW, this DOES allows comparison of Plots, from
2 (or more?) antennas. I Tried it, works Great!
Jim

Jim - NN7K wrote:
P.S. Check out the "Traceview" option, at least
in EZNEC 5. Go to "View", then open "Traceview"!
Think this might allow you to compair 2 overlayed
patterns-- tho haven't gone thru manual-- YET! Jim NN7K

Tam/WB2TT wrote:

Hi Jim,
I tried this and it's not working for me.
I can only get one trace in the view.
Can you walk me through your sequence of clicks?
Thanks, Mike

Try this (with Eznec 5)

Step 1 Open (or write) your file.
Step 2 Do farfield plot , then save
this file as (Tracefile (.pdf,pdf3)
You need to name this file!.

Step 3 Do the SAME steps for Antenna #2 (and
3,4,5, ect) be sure to use diff names!

Now, Step 4,go to (view, traceview), and this

will give a warning.Run , under the "traceview
window, the FIRST FILE you named.

Step 5 Now , click on "Add trace". insert the name of
the SECOND file you saved ( Warning- both must be in
SAME direction, AZMATH, or ELEVATION for this to
overlay) , and both ants pointing the SAME WAY!

Step 6 either print it, or add another file .
Think you find this works pretty well .
NOTE: this DOESN'T set yhe max gain to BOTH
antennas, but is great for comparison purposes.
Think its pg 93 in the pdf manual (not to be confused
with 93 on the adobe screen!
Jim NN7K

amdx wrote:


Hi Jim,
I tried this and it's not working for me.
I can only get one trace in the view.
Can you walk me through your sequence of clicks?
Thanks, Mike

"Jim - NN7K" wrote in message
t...
Try this (with Eznec 5)

Step 1 Open (or write) your file.
Step 2 Do farfield plot , then save
this file as (Tracefile (.pdf,pdf3)
You need to name this file!.

Step 3 Do the SAME steps for Antenna #2 (and 3,4,5, ect) be sure to use
diff names!

Now, Step 4,go to (view, traceview), and this

will give a warning.Run , under the "traceview window, the FIRST FILE you
named.

Step 5 Now , click on "Add trace". insert the name of
the SECOND file you saved ( Warning- both must be in
SAME direction, AZMATH, or ELEVATION for this to overlay) , and both ants
pointing the SAME WAY!

Step 6 either print it, or add another file .
Think you find this works pretty well .
NOTE: this DOESN'T set the max gain to BOTH
antennas, but is great for comparison purposes.

Ok, thanks Jim, I have done this and add a trace does just
that, but as you say,
"this DOESN'T set the max gain to BOTH antennas"
I want to equalize the max gain, So it looks like the copy to
Paint and compare there is the best solution so far.
Thanks, Mike

By the way, with EZNEC v. 4.0 or higher, you can also get a direct
readout of the difference in gains between the reference trace (the
current model when in regular operation, or the primary trace in
TraceView mode) and any added trace: After adding one or more traces,
just click on the name of the desired comparison trace in the upper left
corner of the 2D plot window. The gain difference is the last item in
the right column in the data window below the plot.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Jim - NN7K wrote:
Try this (with Eznec 5)

Step 1 Open (or write) your file. . .