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ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
Hello,
Does somebody have experience with ANSOF (www.antennasoftware.com.ar), especially with planar circuits? Is this a NEC based package? They say you can use a flat strip as basic element (like in the "planar" commercial SW packages), though they speak of wire segments in most other documents on their site. They also mention that you can simulate wire segments in dielectric or magnetic media. This looks nice for the relative low price. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl |
ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
"Wimpie" wrote in message ... Hello, Does somebody have experience with ANSOF (www.antennasoftware.com.ar), especially with planar circuits? Is this a NEC based package? They say you can use a flat strip as basic element (like in the "planar" commercial SW packages), though they speak of wire segments in most other documents on their site. They also mention that you can simulate wire segments in dielectric or magnetic media. This looks nice for the relative low price. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl Hello Wim... I haven't use it, but I can steer you to where you can get your questions answered. Go to www.antennex.com , This site is devoted entirely to antennas and related items. Join the antenna discussion list (no charge) and post your question there. If there is a group that is more aware of what is going on with antennas, I haven't found it. Everything from PhD professors to ex and current professional antenna designers to "just plain hams" (like me). All the best Bill Miller KT4YE |
ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
On 27 dic, 20:44, "Bill Miller" wrote:
"Wimpie" wrote in message ... Hello, Does somebody have experience with ANSOF (www.antennasoftware.com.ar), especially with planar circuits? *Is this a NEC based package? They say you can use a flat strip as basic element (like in the "planar" commercial SW packages), though they speak of wire segments in most other documents on their site. *They also mention that you can simulate wire segments in dielectric or magnetic media. This looks nice for the relative low price. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl Hello Wim... I haven't use it, but I can steer you to where you can get your questions answered. Go towww.antennex.com, This site is devoted entirely to antennas and related items. Join the antenna discussion list (no charge) and post your question there. If there is a group that is more aware of what is going on with antennas, I haven't found it. Everything from PhD professors to ex and current professional antenna designers to "just plain hams" (like me). All the best Bill Miller KT4YE Hello Bill, I made a free account for the "guest rooms". I checked several free documents (lots of material from L. B. Cebik (W4RNL) ). Nevertheless nothing about "ansof". Maybe somebody with a non-free account can check other parts of the website for ansof. Best regards and thanks for the info, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl |
ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
"Wimpie" wrote in message ... On 27 dic, 20:44, "Bill Miller" wrote: "Wimpie" wrote in message ... Hello, Does somebody have experience with ANSOF (www.antennasoftware.com.ar), especially with planar circuits? Is this a NEC based package? They say you can use a flat strip as basic element (like in the "planar" commercial SW packages), though they speak of wire segments in most other documents on their site. They also mention that you can simulate wire segments in dielectric or magnetic media. This looks nice for the relative low price. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl Hello Wim... I haven't use it, but I can steer you to where you can get your questions answered. Go towww.antennex.com, This site is devoted entirely to antennas and related items. Join the antenna discussion list (no charge) and post your question there. If there is a group that is more aware of what is going on with antennas, I haven't found it. Everything from PhD professors to ex and current professional antenna designers to "just plain hams" (like me). All the best Bill Miller KT4YE Hello Bill, I made a free account for the "guest rooms". I checked several free documents (lots of material from L. B. Cebik (W4RNL) ). Nevertheless nothing about "ansof". Maybe somebody with a non-free account can check other parts of the website for ansof. Best regards and thanks for the info, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl Hi Wim... Sorry. I did not make myself clear. I do not believe there is any useful information on this subject in the antenneX website, nor in Cebik's site. (but there is a TON of other info there!) From the antenneX website, subscribe to the antenna discussion email list and post your question there. I'll be pretty surprised if you don't get meaningful answers! All the best, Bill |
ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
On Dec 26, 3:07*pm, Wimpie wrote:
Hello, Does somebody have experience with ANSOF (www.antennasoftware.com.ar), especially with planar circuits? *Is this a NEC based package? They say you can use a flat strip as basic element (like in the "planar" commercial SW packages), though they speak of wire segments in most other documents on their site. *They also mention that you can simulate wire segments in dielectric or magnetic media. This looks nice for the relative low price. Best regards, Wim PA3DJSwww.tetech.nl their description doesn't mention NEC: "The computer code is based on an Electric Field Integral Equation (EFIE) expressed in the frequency domain. The current distribution on metallic structures is computed by solving the EFIE using a full-wave Method of Moments (MoM) formulation with conformal geometry decomposition. This means that geometry details are modeled by using conformal segments, which exactly follow the contour of the structure, instead of the typical approximation with straight wire segments. " lots of nice words, and plenty of pretty pictures on their site... but i wonder how well verified it is. |
ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
On 28/12/2010 17:32, K1TTT wrote:
On Dec 26, 3:07 pm, wrote: Hello, Does somebody have experience with ANSOF (www.antennasoftware.com.ar), especially with planar circuits? Is this a NEC based package? They say you can use a flat strip as basic element (like in the "planar" commercial SW packages), though they speak of wire segments in most other documents on their site. They also mention that you can simulate wire segments in dielectric or magnetic media. This looks nice for the relative low price. Best regards, Wim PA3DJSwww.tetech.nl their description doesn't mention NEC: "The computer code is based on an Electric Field Integral Equation (EFIE) expressed in the frequency domain. The current distribution on metallic structures is computed by solving the EFIE using a full-wave Method of Moments (MoM) formulation with conformal geometry decomposition. This means that geometry details are modeled by using conformal segments, which exactly follow the contour of the structure, instead of the typical approximation with straight wire segments. " lots of nice words, and plenty of pretty pictures on their site... but i wonder how well verified it is. Something about the whole site seems to ring alarm bells with me, right from the similarity of the name to Ansoft to the Western Union payment option!! Jeff |
ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
On 12/27/2010 02:44 PM, Bill Miller wrote:
wrote in message ... Hello, Does somebody have experience with ANSOF (www.antennasoftware.com.ar), especially with planar circuits? Is this a NEC based package? They say you can use a flat strip as basic element (like in the "planar" commercial SW packages), though they speak of wire segments in most other documents on their site. They also mention that you can simulate wire segments in dielectric or magnetic media. This looks nice for the relative low price. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl Hello Wim... I haven't use it, but I can steer you to where you can get your questions answered. Go to www.antennex.com , This site is devoted entirely to antennas and related items. Join the antenna discussion list (no charge) and post your question there. If there is a group that is more aware of what is going on with antennas, I haven't found it. Everything from PhD professors to ex and current professional antenna designers to "just plain hams" (like me). All the best Bill Miller KT4YE Ah, yes, the website that promoted the CFA while simultaneously warping electromagnetic theory. But then I guess I just "don't understand". Thanks, but I'll stick with ARRL pubs and ref books by Kraus, Jasik, Terman, King & Harrison, et al for trusted, practical info on antennas. 73s, -- John Wood (Code 5520) e-mail: Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20375-5337 |
ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
On Dec 29, 12:30*pm, "J.B. Wood" wrote:
On 12/27/2010 02:44 PM, Bill Miller wrote: *wrote in message ... Hello, Does somebody have experience with ANSOF (www.antennasoftware.com.ar), especially with planar circuits? *Is this a NEC based package? They say you can use a flat strip as basic element (like in the "planar" commercial SW packages), though they speak of wire segments in most other documents on their site. *They also mention that you can simulate wire segments in dielectric or magnetic media. This looks nice for the relative low price. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl Hello Wim... I haven't use it, but I can steer you to where you can get your questions answered. Go towww.antennex.com, This site is devoted entirely to antennas and related items. Join the antenna discussion list (no charge) and post your question there. If there is a group that is more aware of what is going on with antennas, I haven't found it. Everything from PhD professors to ex and current professional antenna designers to "just plain hams" (like me). All the best Bill Miller KT4YE Ah, yes, the website that promoted the CFA while simultaneously warping electromagnetic theory. *But then I guess I just "don't understand". Thanks, but I'll stick with ARRL pubs and ref books by Kraus, Jasik, Terman, King & Harrison, et al for trusted, practical info on antennas. * 73s, -- John Wood (Code 5520) * * * *e-mail: Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20375-5337 then what are you doing in here, home of art, mr.b, and in past years, fracky himself! |
ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
Hello David,
On 28 dic, 18:32, K1TTT wrote: On Dec 26, 3:07*pm, Wimpie wrote: Hello, Does somebody have experience with ANSOF (www.antennasoftware.com.ar), especially with planar circuits? *Is this a NEC based package? They say you can use a flat strip as basic element (like in the "planar" commercial SW packages), though they speak of wire segments in most other documents on their site. *They also mention that you can simulate wire segments in dielectric or magnetic media. This looks nice for the relative low price. Best regards, Wim PA3DJSwww.tetech.nl their description doesn't mention NEC: "The computer code is based on an Electric Field Integral Equation (EFIE) expressed in the frequency domain. The current distribution on metallic structures is computed by solving the EFIE using a full-wave Method of Moments (MoM) formulation with conformal geometry decomposition. This means that geometry details are modeled by using conformal segments, which exactly follow the contour of the structure, instead of the typical approximation with straight wire segments. " Your citation was the reason for me to think: "maybe it isn't NEC based and is able to some other nice things". However when you look to further info on the site, it looks wire based. If it is capable of using other basic elements/segments (for example flat strip), I would expect some examples on their website. lots of nice words, and plenty of pretty pictures on their site... but i wonder how well verified it is. Given the info on the web and the responses to my thread, I agree on your statement. Best regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl without abc, PM will reach me in most cases |
ANSOF antenna software (not ANSOFT)
On 12/29/2010 07:34 AM, K1TTT wrote:
then what are you doing in here, home of art, mr.b, and in past years, fracky himself! Because it's entertaining, often thought-provoking and never dull. I have no quarrels with the folks you mention and they can hold whatever views they wish; they are certainly capable of producing workable ham band antennas. The problem is the "procrustean bed" that is often used to "fit" the theory to the antenna design. In the extreme it's the difference between tinkering and hoping for an efficient, practical solution vs. applying good engineering and science in coming up with a viable implementation (which is why I mentioned those reference books in my previous post). Sincerely, and 73s from N4GGO, -- John Wood (Code 5520) e-mail: Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20375-5337 |
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