CM $15 Homebrew Discone Antenna NEC model by Carol F. Milazzo, KP4MD CM http://www.qsl.net/kp4md/modeling.htm CE SY hgh=80 'Input feed point height (in.) SY dsc=12.5 'Input disc radial length (in.) SY rdl=36 'Input cone radial length (in.) SY s=1.25 'Input segment length (in.) SY sn=1 'Input # of segments in source wire (in.) SY rad=0.0625 'Input radial element radius (in.) SY sp=6 'Input number of spokes SY ang=34 'Input cone angle [0°=down 90°=horizontal] SY f=144 'Input design frequency (MHz) SY seg=int(dsc/s+0.5) 'Calculate number of segments in disc radial SY segr=int(rdl/s+0.5) 'Calculate number of segments in cone radial SY rdlx=rdl*sin(ang) 'Calculate x coordinate of cone radial end SY rdlz=-rdl*cos(ang) 'Calculate z coordinate of cone radial end GW 1 sn 0 0 0 0 0 s*sn rad 'Feed point segment GW 2 seg 0 0 s*sn 0 dsc s*sn rad 'Disc wire GW 3 segr 0 rdlx rdlz 0 0 0 rad 'Cone wire GM 1 sp-1 0 0 360/sp 0 0 0 2 'Rotate 360 degrees GM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hgh 1 'Raise antenna to height GS 0 0 0.0254 GE 1 LD 5 0 0 0 1390000 GN 2 0 0 0 4 0.01 EK EX 0 1 sn 0 1 0 0 FR 0 0 0 0 f 0 EN