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LWAC Documentation
S H A R E W A R E V E R S I O N
LWAC is distributed as Shareware, based on the concept of
try before you buy. If you find this program useful, and continue to use
it, financial payment to the author, is in order.
Registration for LWAC is $5.00, which gets delivered to you, a copy
of the program on 1, 360k disk, along with your name hard coded into the
program. This Shareware program is fully functional.
----------------------- D I S C L A I M E R ----------------------
While we belive that this program has no abilities what so ever
to cause any harm to your system or hardware, please read the following.
JCS Software, and any person associated with it, indicates no form
of warranty for this program, and is in no way responsible for the
results of using this program, nor its accuracy.
Formulas for the calculations are displayed along with all answers and
are accurate to the best of our knowledge.
If for any reason you are in doubt of this program's accuracy, or feel
it does not suit your needs, discontinue it's use.
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LWAC is run from the command line as LWAC and is a stand-alone
.exe file. This program does not require any command line perimeters and
once started, presents you with a menu to choose from.
Calculations used for the results are displayed on the screen for your
convenience.
Operation of the program is straight forward. Place the program in a
directory of its own, type LWAC and follow the prompts.
One method of creating a long-wire antenna could be as follows.
+ +
+│+ length of wire +│+
│*--------------!------------*│<---insulators
│ │ │
│ └─────────────┼────────────────────── center of RG-58
│trees or post │ ┌───────── coax
───┼───
──┼── earth ground
─┴─
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One note of WARNING!.... Be very careful around trees and power lines.
Many tree's branches conceal utility lines!. Anytime you work with
antennas, an electrocution hazard exist.
Insulators are a must at termination points, no exceptions.
Remember, you are responsible for your, as well as other's safety!.
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As stated above, this program is distributed under the Shareware concept.
If you find this program useful, please fill out the registration form
and return it along with your registration fee.
Comments and suggestions are welcomed.
Craig Still
Post Office Box 4039
Berea, KY 40403
606-986-3281 Voice
606-986-3084 Data