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You can use NEC5 with 4nec2? When the author gave his final update he specifically said he was not going to include NEC5 support, and I haven't looked into it since then, so this is news to me. As I look around the web for this, some people are saying that it appears to work, but the data is...

I have not used NEC5. I can easily afford it (even with its new three year license bs), but I can't really justify it, especially with how rarely I model anymore. Before this model I can't even tell you when the last model I made was? Was it within three years? If I do something I need it...

Its not a problem. Its not very often that an antenna strikes my interest much anymore. Most of the real interesting ones we have discussed to death already... We also don't see much innovation in the space anymore... Although I could say the 5/8 over 1/4 does kind of interest me, the...

The above models were over Average "Real Ground", this one is over Moderate "Real Ground". Simply changing the quality of the earth makes this much of a difference... It is 1.3 db of a difference... Lol, a higher amount of gain than what was in the manufacturers model... This is likely the...

I took the model from above and made the changes as per your posts. Somehow I completely missed the lengths you had already posted on the first page of this thread... Anyway, I presumed that if I shorten the upper and lower vertical element lengths that gain will go up, and it did. In...

This is an initial look at the 5/8 over 3/8 groundplane collinear concept. My model is not based on the dimensions of the G-Max, although it will be compared to them with my thoughts given as well. The model I made has a feedpoint impedance of 68.9 - j0.24, which is an SWR of 1.38 and very...

I just loaded 4nec2 on by backup installation (something I always keep but sometimes forget I have). It turns out I remembered wrong. I started with two 1/2 wavelength center fed dipoles in a collinear setup, and I moved them apart 1 foot at a time. Peak gain happened between 17 and 18 feet...

As I recall, peak gain was somewhere between 1/2 and 5/8 wavelengths apart, but I could be wrong. I do know there is an upper limit of distance between said current nodes, and I am thinking that 9/10 (i.e. 0.9) seems a bit high. I could be wrong as it has been a while since I've modeled this...

Its strange that I don't recall seeing that Cebik article before, I'm pretty sure I read them all at one point or another... I was never fond of the 5/8 over 1/4 or 1/2 collinear idea. I think part of it was I was worried about how the extra 1/8 wavelength of out of phase currents would mess...

It would work fine. If you use coax and can't make a matching circuit yourself, use a remote autotuner. Or the way I prefer it is ladder line to a manual tuner on the desk. Either way, a full wave dipole will have a pattern much like a dipole, except stronger peaks broadside of said antenna...

Are you looking at vertical or horizontal? The DB

Metal pulley plus metal wire without insulation around them that I can see. To RF they will act like a single big piece of metal in a disc shape, not individual wires in a coil. This is a classic shape for a cap hat. The thing is, it is in the worst possible place to put said cap hat, namely...

A few thoughts on this antenna. There is a lot being shown in this image that relates to how this antenna works. A few things that strike me with this image. The first is the feed-point that feeds the antenna seems to be under the label that have covering up the motor. There is some method...

There is an older term that I haven't come across in radio lately when referring to the relationship between TX and RX when it comes to tuning an antenna. That term is reciprocity. It states that anything that affects TX or RX will effect the other equally and in the same way. This is limited...

I won't argue against that, modeling shows the same. The real question that needs to be asked, however, is how much more efficient is the cap hat over a loading coil... What does you book say? The DB

There is a stepped diameter correction built into 4nec2. I don't know if its the same as the one in EZnec. I played with it once or twice, but even going from the entire element being the smallest diameter in the element to the largest diameter in said element hasn't made much of a difference...

Cap hats actually do have this effect, to some very small degree. Unfortunately you will never notice it as just having a cap hat will add more loss than whatever you would gain from said current manipulation. The only place with any antenna where I've seen capacitance appear to have a...

I may not mention this much, but I like it when people get these old original antennas and restore them. And this being one of my favorite antennas to explore... Keep up the good work. The DB

I would suggest reading the EZnec user manual, (that is a link) they have a very good description in there, and if you search for average gain, it comes up a lot all though out said manual. If you want accurate gain results, it really is important to pay attention to. Essentially what Average...

I'm more of a 4nec2 user, although I have used eznec, and the method is basically the same. The recommended way to add the hairpin match is to break the driven element up into three separate wires. From one tip to where one side of the hairpin attaches, the area between the two points the...