Re: NEC-LIST: Why the 30 wire connection limit in Nec ?

> 4nec2_at_gmx.net wrote:
> > Does anyone know why 30 is the wire junction connection limit?

Did I write that ????......
 
> The following explanation appears on page 3-25 of the ARRL Antenna
> Modeling Course, which was authored by L.B Cebik:
>
> "The User Manual for the NEC core makes the following statement: "The
> number of wires joined at a signal junction cannot exceed 30 because of
> a dimension limitation of the core." This limitation does not appear to
> be present in the implementations of NEC-2 that is used in our
> commercial software. In tests with radial and top-hat systems I have
> gradually increased the number of radials forming a junction with the
> main element at right angles to the radials. Increasing the number of
> radials from 30 to 60 has caused no problems with the core run or with
> the sensibleness of the results."

In the latest 4nec2XS***.exe executables (www.qsl.net/wb6tpu/swindex.html)
this limit was increased from 30 to 60. If anybody would want a larger
limit,
let me know. No problem to send updated exe's.

Arie.

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