Yes, I am quite sure you are correct.

And, perhaps no one knows, or no one does it the old fashioned way and has
the formulas and steps at their disposal, I may have to seek other sources
than here.

However, I am a software engineer, once I understand the underlying math and
methods I can write such an application myself.

When the final drafts of these programs are released, antenna design, I am
sure you will just draw your antenna on virtual graph paper with ruled
lines, such as many of the draw programs have. And, be able to add any
inductance or capacitance just by selecting the point with the mouse, and
then entering values--the application will do everything else for you,
including making suggestions for improvement, matching, special conditions,
etc, etc--much like CAD (Computer Assisted Drafting) applications.

However, whether I use software, or simply divide 468/Fmhz, I still get a
half-wave.

It is fine if one wants to rely on software--I make my living on those who
do, I LOVE those people!--I just don't wish to invoke that method, later
when my understanding is absolute (well, greater than it is now) I may, or
write software specific to my needs...


Warmest regards
--
Hay, if'n ya'll cun't konstructivly partecipete in this har disscusion, haw
aboot speel-checkin it fer me?


"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
...
John Smith wrote:
I am sure EZNEC is an excellent application. But with such applications,
you spend your time learning the application, rather than the underlying
principals;

I have learned many, many principles from using EZNEC which is
a really great learning tool. Look at it as reverse engineering.
You wonder why EZNEC reports such results and then you go discover
why. Modeling with ELNEC and EZNEC has taught me as much about
antennas as any other single source including Dr. Balanis' graduate level
college antenna course at ASU. One doesn't learn anything by avoiding
learning EZNEC. Dr. Balanis was amazed that an Intel
digital engineer already knew so much about antennas and I owe
that, in large part, to ELNEC and EZNEC.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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