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Old April 12th 07, 11:23 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
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Default Smith Chart program

On Apr 12, 11:25 am, Roy Lewallen wrote:
I'd appreciate any recommendations for an inexpensive Smith chart based
program which can be used for the design of basic matching networks and
the like. I'm looking for something along the line of MicroSmith or
WinSMITH, neither of which is any longer available.

Thanks,
Roy Lewallen, W7EL



Hi Roy,

Darn, sorry that WinSMITH is no longer available. Hope you'll
continue to support that format for those of us with that program.
Based on what I just found, I don't have any reason to quit using it.

You might try LLSmith from http://tools.rfdude.com/RFdude_Smith...t_program.html.
I don't like it as much as WinSMITH, but it looks like it does
somewhat similar things. I found it via a Google search, which led me
among other places to http://www.sss-mag.com/smith.html and
http://www.circuitsage.com/matching.html. The latter one provided the
link to LLSmith. I think I have a useable version of Motorola's Smith
chart program somewhere, but the version I just downloaded is pure
garbage from my point of view; it may work but it's so awkward that
it's worthless to me.

Cheers,
Tom