Chuck wrote:
Roy Lewallen wrote in message
...

...pirated copy of EZNEC.


That is an absolute lie!

My disk is an original - with a large, black,
bold, italicized EZNEC at the top of its
label - and the party from whom I acquired
it, gave it to me with your full knowledge
and approval. I can only assume this lie is
an egregious and deliberate attempt on
your part to defame. I will not discuss this
further in public.

I'll take your word for it, and apologize. You had claimed long ago that
the program was given or sold to you, but for reasons of your own you
would never tell me from whom. (Although I certainaly approve of such
transfers, I never gained knowledge of whom the transfer was from.) In
my posting of Sept. 26, 1997 on this newsgroup, I said:

I don't generally give support to someone who's not a registered user,
but in this case I guess it's necessary. (You still haven't sent me
the name of the person who gave you the program, so I can transfer the
ownership to you from him.)

Because you never furnished that information, I assumed that you had
acquired it illicitly.

If you'll email me the name or call of the person from which you
acquired it and the amount you paid, I'll promptly send you a full
refund, in accordance with my guarantee. You're obviously not a
satisfied user.



I made Chuck an offer a while back, as follows: That if he has the
Raibeam tested at a certified antenna range and the results show a
free-space gain of at least 5.5 dBd (7.65 dBi) with simultaneous 25 dB
or greater f/b ratio, I'll pay the test fee. This is performance less
than he claims and less than he claims his model shows. But so far he
hasn't taken me up on the offer.



It's rather moot, now that I am no longer in
business. However, If it's your desire to
spend money to embarrass yourself, I
won't argue.

There were two reasons why I let your offer
slide. First, I was unaware of any testing
facilities in my area, and second, I was
struggling to meet customer demand and
could not justify spending the time to
develop a unit for UHF, since it was my
understanding that most testing facilities
could not accommodate frequencies lower
than 100 MHz or so.

I've since learned that the US Army testing
range at Fort Huachuca in Tucson, AZ is
open to civilian testing, and they can
accommodate frequencies as low as 50
MHz.

My wife will finish her chemotherapy and
radiation treatments in March, and since
she is quite ill, I cannot foresee my being
available until after that time.

Allowing say 30 days or so for me to
prepare an antenna, I invite you to make
the arrangements in Tucson - say April -
May, 2005 or so - and I will be more
than happy to join you there.

Is this agreeable?

No, you'll have to make the arrangements.

Determine the cost of the test. I suggest that we find someone who is
willing and we both can trust to whom I'll send the money the test will
cost, as proof of my willingness and ability to pay the test fee if the
antenna meets the criteria. Let me know when the test is to be done, and
I'll come down and observe. The person who pays will have the legal
right to make the results public. I agree in advance to do so if I pay;
I expect you to do likewise.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL