Re: NEC-LIST: Questions about NEC-BSC

From: Dave Michelson <dmichelson_at_email.domain.hidden>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:13:19 -0800

Alexandre Kampouris wrote:
>
> Does NEC-BSC include a model for a lossy ground plane?

Yes, it does. The GP command allows one to specify an infinite ground
plane in the x-y plane. It can be a PEC plane or a (lossy) dielectric
half-space.

> How would one translate NEC2 current data to NEC-BSC current filaments?

The SM command allows one to incorporate current elements generated by
NEC2 or NEC4 into NEC-BSC.

> Is there an Acrobat/PDF reader available for Linux?

Yes. Two, in fact: xpdf and acroread. The latter is available from
the Adobe web site.

> What about VRML?

Yes. In general, the best place to look for such things is the
Scientific Applications on Linux web site,
http://sal.kachinatech.com/. Note that over 2000 software packages
are available for Linux now, many of which are sci/eng apps.

> Did you have to pay postage, or US$300 covered everything for NEC-BSC?

The US$300 covers postage, handling, and duplication. OSU/ESL makes
it clear that the development costs have already been borne by the
sponsors of the code (DoD, NASA).
 
If one wants a Linux version, or a version for some other UNIX platform,
one should probably contact Ron Marhefka first. He's very friendly and
accomodating towards such requests.

If one wants a Windows 95/NT version of the code (why? :-), one could
probably just contact the OSU/ESL Librarian.

--
Dave Michelson
dmichelson_at_home.com
Received on Thu Feb 11 1999 - 00:40:52 EST

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