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