Cecil Moore wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
Here is a graphic using the "View Antenna" window for
the EZNEC files TravWave.EZ and StndWave.EZ.

http://www.w5dxp.com/eznec.jpg

Sorry, the graphic only contains information about
TravWave.EZ

Looking at TravWave.EZ with the current phase turned
off, the current displayed is indeed the amplitude of
the current up and down the wire which is essentially
a constant RMS magnitude.

But with the current phase turned on, the display does
not display the same phase reported by "Load Dat". It
displays a cosine function when the actual phase function
is a straight sloping line varying from 0 degrees at the
feedpoint to -90 degrees at the load resistor. What
EZNEC is actually displaying associated with phase
is unclear, confusing, and misleading.

StndWave.EZ ...

Please ignore what I said about StndWave.EZ

To answer your question, EZNEC does not display phase
when the current phase box is selected.

To be more clear. EZNEC does not display the same phase
as reported by the "Loads" feature.

Cecil,

I presume that this is a silly question, but "Did you read the manual"?

EZNEC is displays the current phase exactly as described in the manual.

Hint: Current is shown as distance from the axis. Current PHASE is shown
by a rotation around the axis, not by the distance from the axis.

73,
Gene
W4SZ

Gene Fuller wrote:
Hint: Current is shown as distance from the axis. Current PHASE is shown
by a rotation around the axis, not by the distance from the axis.

So I cannot display current phase vs length? No wonder
Roy is so confused about the nature of current phase.
Seems I have to paste the current phase into EXCEL
just to get a decent graph of it.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Gene Fuller wrote:
Hint: Current is shown as distance from the axis. Current PHASE is shown
by a rotation around the axis, not by the distance from the axis.

If it was a conscious design, I apologize for saying it is
a bug. So how can I display a 2D graph of phase vs segments?
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com