NEC CARD FORMATS R. P. Haviland, W4MB Cards for NEC input must be in the correct format for input to be correct. The following shows the format for each card, in abbreviated form. See the ASCII version of NECCARD.ASC for complete information, or CARDLINE.TXT or the referenced documents. The format is two letters designating card type, then data fields separated by commas. The fields present are designated as A=ASCII, B=blank, I=Integer, F=Floating point. The floating point fields must include a decimal point. *** COMMENT CARDS *** CMA UP TO 78 COLUMNS OF ASCII CEA COMMENT END, UP TO 78 COLUMNS *** DATA CARDS *** GAI,I,F,F,F,F WIRE ARC GFI READ NGF FILE GEI END GEOMETRY GHI,I,F,F,F,F,F,F,F HELIX GMI,I,F,F,F,F,F,F,F COORDINATE TRANSFORM GP SUPPRESS GEOMETRY PRINT GRI,I GENERATE CYLINDER GSI,B,F SCALE STRUCTURE GWI,I,F,F,F,F,F,F,F WIRE (IF D7=0, SEE GC) GCB,B,F,F,F WIRE CONTINUE, D7 OF GW=0 GXI,I SYMMETRY SPB,I,F,F,F,F,F,F SURFACE PATCH, (+ SC IF I1=1,2 OR 3) SCB,I,F,F,F,F,F,F PATCH CONTINUE, I2 OF SP=1,2 OR 3 SMI,I,F,F,F,F,F,F MULTIPLE PATCHES, ALWAYS + SC SCB,B,F,F,F MULTIPLE PATCH CONTINUE *** PROGRAM CONTROL CARDS *** CPI,I,I,I MAX COUPLING EKI EXTENDED KERNEL EN END RUN EXI,I,I,I,F,F,F,F,F,F EXCITATION (F4-6 MSY BE BLANK) FRI,I,B,B,F,F FREQUENCY GDB,B,B,B,F,F,F,F FAR GROUND GNI,I,B,B,F,F NEAR GROUND (I2 MAY BE BLANK) KHB,B,B,B,F INTERACT RANGE LDI,I,I,I,F,F,F LOADING NEI,I,I,I,F,F,F,F,F,F NEAR ELECTRIC FIELD NHI,I,I,I,F,F,F,F,F,F NEAR MAGNETIC FIELD NTI,I,I,I,F,F,F,F,F,F NEWORK NX NEXT STRUCTURE PLI,I,I,I STORE PLOT DATA PQI,I,I,I PRINT CHARGE PTI,I,I,I PRINT CURRENT RPI,I,I,I,F,F,F,F,F,F SET PATTERN (A BLANK RP IS A BLOCK SEPARATOR) TLI,I,I,I,F,F,F,F,F,F TRANSMISSION LINE WG WRITE NGF FILE EQI EXECUTE IMMEDIATE EXECUTION: XQ, NE, NH, RP IF SINGLE FREQUENCY XQ, RP IF SWEPT FREQUENCY