Behold, KØHB signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:


"W3JDR" wrote


BTW, I run ARRL Designer under Win98SE and it's fine. What OS are you
trying
to use it with?


Joe,

Thanks for all the resources. At my house ARRL Designer pukes and dies
on both WIN98 (500MHz P2) and WIN-XP (2.5GHz P-4) machines.

73, Hans, K0HB

Do you have Linux? I find some of these that won't run on my Win98,
actually run quite well in WinE from *nix :-)

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

My understanding is that the Rf Designer program from ARRL has a
moderately complicated user interface and so it was not quite a popular as
originally hoped.

However, the Ansoft student version is just about as capable if not more
so and is a bit easier to learn.

http://www.ansoft.com/ansoftdesignersv/

=====================

A long time ago I ran across a free S parameter simulator, RFSIMM99,
which handles most of the things I need. It also has a monte carlo
tolerance analysis which is convenient when I want to see what component
tolerances are going to do to me.

The company that originally made this program seem to not be there any
more, or at least my link to their website does not work, but the program
can be found on quite a lot of websites.


Jim Pennell N6BIU

My understanding is that the Rf Designer program from ARRL has a
moderately complicated user interface and so it was not quite a popular as
originally hoped.

However, the Ansoft student version is just about as capable if not more
so and is a bit easier to learn.

http://www.ansoft.com/ansoftdesignersv/

=====================

A long time ago I ran across a free S parameter simulator, RFSIMM99,
which handles most of the things I need. It also has a monte carlo
tolerance analysis which is convenient when I want to see what component
tolerances are going to do to me.

The company that originally made this program seem to not be there any
more, or at least my link to their website does not work, but the program
can be found on quite a lot of websites.


Jim Pennell N6BIU

Hans,
I found that it crashes with certain video cards. The reason I originally
took it off my Win98SE computer is that it would just lock up with a
scrambled video screen at startup. Some time later I upgraded my video card
and on a lark I reinstalled the program. It's been working fine ever since.

Joe

Thanks for all the resources. At my house ARRL Designer pukes and dies
on both WIN98 (500MHz P2) and WIN-XP (2.5GHz P-4) machines.

73, Hans, K0HB

Hans,
I found that it crashes with certain video cards. The reason I originally
took it off my Win98SE computer is that it would just lock up with a
scrambled video screen at startup. Some time later I upgraded my video card
and on a lark I reinstalled the program. It's been working fine ever since.

Joe

Thanks for all the resources. At my house ARRL Designer pukes and dies
on both WIN98 (500MHz P2) and WIN-XP (2.5GHz P-4) machines.

73, Hans, K0HB

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 23:33:01 GMT, "KØHB"
wrote:

|
|
|"Leo" wrote
|
| Hans,
|
|
|
| ARRL's Radio Designer Version 1.5 (copyrighted 1998) claims that it
|
| runs on both Windows 9x amd NT systems, and I can confirm empirically
|
| that it operates on Win XP Pro as well - an excerpt from the included
|
| Help file is below:
|
|Thanks Leo,
|
|Mine is the original version 1.0 and it doesn't run in Win98 or Win-XP Pro
|or Win-XP Home.
|
|I'll see if I can root out a copy of 1.5.
|
|73, Hans, K0HB

I tried figuring out your email address to write directly but I
haven't heard back from you. I have a completely legal copy with a
manual that is surplus to me. I have two copies actually, one for me
and one for you, for any reasonable offer.

Wes n7ws at arrl.net

ps. It runs fine on XP Pro and 98SE. Just can't use long file names.

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 23:33:01 GMT, "KØHB"
wrote:

|
|
|"Leo" wrote
|
| Hans,
|
|
|
| ARRL's Radio Designer Version 1.5 (copyrighted 1998) claims that it
|
| runs on both Windows 9x amd NT systems, and I can confirm empirically
|
| that it operates on Win XP Pro as well - an excerpt from the included
|
| Help file is below:
|
|Thanks Leo,
|
|Mine is the original version 1.0 and it doesn't run in Win98 or Win-XP Pro
|or Win-XP Home.
|
|I'll see if I can root out a copy of 1.5.
|
|73, Hans, K0HB

I tried figuring out your email address to write directly but I
haven't heard back from you. I have a completely legal copy with a
manual that is surplus to me. I have two copies actually, one for me
and one for you, for any reasonable offer.

Wes n7ws at arrl.net

ps. It runs fine on XP Pro and 98SE. Just can't use long file names.

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 02:48:37 GMT, "Jim Pennell"
wrote:

| My understanding is that the Rf Designer program from ARRL has a
|moderately complicated user interface and so it was not quite a popular as
|originally hoped.
|
| However, the Ansoft student version is just about as capable if not more
|so and is a bit easier to learn.

My experience is different. Serenade is much more powerful, however,
I find the learning curve much steeper.

They all have the same roots however, and Serenade can use circuit
files (net lists) generated in ARD.

Wes

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 02:48:37 GMT, "Jim Pennell"
wrote:

| My understanding is that the Rf Designer program from ARRL has a
|moderately complicated user interface and so it was not quite a popular as
|originally hoped.
|
| However, the Ansoft student version is just about as capable if not more
|so and is a bit easier to learn.

My experience is different. Serenade is much more powerful, however,
I find the learning curve much steeper.

They all have the same roots however, and Serenade can use circuit
files (net lists) generated in ARD.

Wes

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 22:12:15 GMT, KØHB wrote:

Thanks for all the resources. At my house ARRL Designer pukes and dies on
both WIN98 (500MHz P2) and WIN-XP (2.5GHz P-4) machines.

I hear you. I have several older (DOS) comm programs which puke on
faster machines - good ol' PCPLUS for one. That's why my 24/7 packet
circuit (for the local ARES/RACES group) runs on a separate (166
P1) machine - it slows down my Athlon XP 2000 and my P2 machines.

I'm trying to find a DOS emulator for Linux to see if I can run two
circuits at once now...,..

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon