ABSTRACT

Basic NEC with Broadcast Applications addresses computer modeling of MF directional broadcast antennas and illustrates the assets and liabilities of the Numerical Electromagnetic Code (NEC). The book's "how to" approach reveals the fundamentals of NEC operation, teaches broadcast applications and shows the reader how to use NEC-2 to: model non-radiating networks, verify calculations, detune unused towers, design top-loaded and skirted antennas, minimize coding by moving and duplicating structures, and much more! Complete with downloadable resources, the book is an invaluable toolkit with software necessary for the design and analysis of broadcast antenna arrays.

chapter Chapter 1|7 pages

The Array Adjustment Process

chapter Chapter 2|18 pages

NEC-2 Fundamentals

chapter Chapter 3|13 pages

Modeling the Radiator

chapter Chapter 4|10 pages

Array Geometry

chapter Chapter 5|11 pages

Loads, Networks, and Transmission Lines

chapter Chapter 6|18 pages

Calculating Base Drive Voltages

chapter Chapter 7|23 pages

Using Data from the Output File

chapter Chapter 8|16 pages

Model by Measurement

chapter |12 pages

Chapter 9 Top-Loaded and Skirted Towers

chapter Chapter 10|16 pages

System Bandwidth Analysis

chapter Chapter 11|21 pages

Case Studies

chapter Chapter 12|13 pages

Supplemental Topics