EZNEC User Manual Table Of Contents Welcome...............................................................................................................1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................2 Acknowledgements............................................................................................2 Acknowledgement and Special Thanks: Jordan Russell and Inno Setup .......3 Acknowledgement: vbAcellerator Software.....................................................3 A Few Words About Copy Protection.................................................................3 Standard EZNEC: ...........................................................................................3 EZNEC pro:.....................................................................................................4 Guarantee..........................................................................................................4 Amateur or Professional? ..................................................................................4 Notes For International Users ............................................................................5 Getting Started......................................................................................................7 What's New in v. 4.0 ..........................................................................................7 Undo/Redo......................................................................................................7 Control Center Menus.....................................................................................7 Segments........................................................................................................7 Segmentation Check (formerly Guideline Check) ...........................................7 Geometry Check .............................................................................................7 Wires Window Features..................................................................................8 View Antenna Display .....................................................................................8 Circular Polarization (plus and pro only) .........................................................8 Plot Displays ...................................................................................................8 Calculating Engines ........................................................................................9 Wire Insulation ................................................................................................9 Improved Printing............................................................................................9 Easy Import of Wire Coordinates from NEC Files (EZNEC+, EZNEC pro only) ........................................................................................................................9 Multiple Instances (EZNEC pro only) ..............................................................9 Other...............................................................................................................9 If You Downloaded EZNEC .............................................................................10 Getting Acquainted with EZNEC......................................................................10 Making a Desktop Shortcut..............................................................................11 EZNEC Pro Users............................................................................................11 Printing The Manual.........................................................................................11 Test Drive ...........................................................................................................13 Test Drive Introduction.....................................................................................13 Along The Straightaway...................................................................................13 Through The Curves ........................................................................................18 On The Race Course .......................................................................................23 Upgrading from DOS EZNEC or EZNEC pro......................................................27 Compatibility ....................................................................................................27 What's New Since DOS ...................................................................................27 The Big Difference ........................................................................................27 Antenna Notes ..............................................................................................28 ii Table Of Contents RLC Load Type.............................................................................................28 Other New Features......................................................................................28 Nomenclature................................................................................................28 Selected Operational Differences .................................................................29 2D, 3D, and View Antenna display positioning...........................................29 Data and Control Boxes.............................................................................29 Shortcuts and Right-Clicking......................................................................29 Drop-Down Lists ........................................................................................30 Uninstalling DOS EZNEC ................................................................................30 Procedure .....................................................................................................30 Building The Model .............................................................................................31 Introduction to Modeling...................................................................................31 Modeling With EZNEC .....................................................................................31 Opening The Description File ..........................................................................32 Modeling The Antenna Structure: Wires ..........................................................32 About Wires ..................................................................................................32 Segmentation................................................................................................34 Using The Wires Window..............................................................................35 EZNEC has a number of very powerful features for modifying groups of wires, located in the Wires Window Wires menu. There are also several powerful features in the Create menu, described in the Advanced Wire Features section. ..........................................................................................37 Wire Coordinate Shortcuts............................................................................38 Wire Loss......................................................................................................40 Wire Insulation ..............................................................................................41 Importing Wire Coordinates ..........................................................................42 Other Wire Considerations............................................................................42 Some Special Cases.....................................................................................42 Acute Angles..............................................................................................42 Buried Wires ..............................................................................................43 Closely Spaced Wires................................................................................43 Crossed Dipoles.........................................................................................44 Elevated Radial Systems ...........................................................................45 Feedlines and Baluns ................................................................................46 Linear Loaded Antennas............................................................................46 Log Periodic Antennas...............................................................................46 Phased Arrays ...........................................................................................47 Small Loops ...............................................................................................47 Stacked Yagis............................................................................................48 Vertical Antennas And Buried Radials .......................................................48 Wire Grid Modeling ....................................................................................50 Yagi Antennas............................................................................................50 Advanced Wire Features ..............................................................................51 Advanced Wire Features Introduction........................................................51 Loop Creation ............................................................................................51 Loop Resizing ............................................................................................51 iii EZNEC User Manual Radial