art wrote in news:1178846280.542779.109990
@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

On my transition to MMANA-GA antenna modeling program from the the AO
professional
antenna program I read the latest review of the 2007 version. It
stated that it overcomes
the irritations and downsides of Elnec and Eznec programs of
yesteryear what ever they
are as well as providing optimisation additions and upto date
additions related to NEC2.etc
I don't have actual knoweledge of the irritations alluded to or
whether there are even newer
versions of these old programs. The important thing is that MMANA-GA
is FREE to all
amateurs and as I have pointed out in the past Industry demands the
fine attributes that
optimization supplies and which are a necessary part of the newer
expensive programs
that proliferate. As I said this program is FREE to all antenna
enthusiasts and provides
all that is needed unless one strives to model all the antennas at the
same time on the
Sears building in Chicago. I am eager to work with their optimiser
which has twice the
variables that my former professional program gave me plus involve
myself with the
group discussions and help modes and other connecting freeware that is
prevalent on the net.
Who knows there may be another Gaussian array scenario waiting to be
discovered
and the tool for pursuit is provided FREE OF CHARGE provided by hams
for all
hams. A christmas present is available to all so that you don't have
to spend
your money at Dayton

And yet, with all that it has, MMANA-GAL is not able to optimize at a
specific take-off angle. That would be SUCH a good feature to have for
HF modelling.

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Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667