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Radio Designer software package
Several years ago ARRL marketed a WIN3.xx software package called "Radio
Designer" which was a 'lite' copy of a commercial RF design program. Unfortunately the program does not run under 16- and 32-bit Windows environments, and the OEM is not interested in entering into further arrangements with ARRL. Does anyone know of a similar program in a price range (under $500) attractive to hams? 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb |
The company that made ARRL Designer (Compact Software) was bought by Ansoft.
They have greatly enhanced the capability, and the current offering is available as a free student version he http://www.ansoft.com/ansoftdesignersv/ There are also many other evaluation & student packages available on the net for free. Check out this site as a starter: http://www.rfengineer.cc/rftools.htm Also, if you do an internet search on "RF circuit analysis software" or something similar, you'll get lots of hits. BTW, I run ARRL Designer under Win98SE and it's fine. What OS are you trying to use it with? Joe W3JDR "KØHB" wrote in message hlink.net... Several years ago ARRL marketed a WIN3.xx software package called "Radio Designer" which was a 'lite' copy of a commercial RF design program. Unfortunately the program does not run under 16- and 32-bit Windows environments, and the OEM is not interested in entering into further arrangements with ARRL. Does anyone know of a similar program in a price range (under $500) attractive to hams? 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb |
The company that made ARRL Designer (Compact Software) was bought by Ansoft.
They have greatly enhanced the capability, and the current offering is available as a free student version he http://www.ansoft.com/ansoftdesignersv/ There are also many other evaluation & student packages available on the net for free. Check out this site as a starter: http://www.rfengineer.cc/rftools.htm Also, if you do an internet search on "RF circuit analysis software" or something similar, you'll get lots of hits. BTW, I run ARRL Designer under Win98SE and it's fine. What OS are you trying to use it with? Joe W3JDR "KØHB" wrote in message hlink.net... Several years ago ARRL marketed a WIN3.xx software package called "Radio Designer" which was a 'lite' copy of a commercial RF design program. Unfortunately the program does not run under 16- and 32-bit Windows environments, and the OEM is not interested in entering into further arrangements with ARRL. Does anyone know of a similar program in a price range (under $500) attractive to hams? 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb |
"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 |
"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 |
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: " ARRL Radio Designer 1.5, a Windows (3.1, 3.11, 95 and NT)-based computer program, lets you create computerized models of audio, radio and electronic circuits so you can see how they work--and make them work better--without actually building them....." IIRC correctly, the last version sold by the ARRL was 1.51. If you are using an older version, perhaps you can find a copy of this one somewhere? Was originally $150, should be a copy at a fraction of that out there now that it is discontinued....... 73, Leo On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 21:23:14 GMT, "KØHB" wrote: Several years ago ARRL marketed a WIN3.xx software package called "Radio Designer" which was a 'lite' copy of a commercial RF design program. Unfortunately the program does not run under 16- and 32-bit Windows environments, and the OEM is not interested in entering into further arrangements with ARRL. Does anyone know of a similar program in a price range (under $500) attractive to hams? 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb |
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: " ARRL Radio Designer 1.5, a Windows (3.1, 3.11, 95 and NT)-based computer program, lets you create computerized models of audio, radio and electronic circuits so you can see how they work--and make them work better--without actually building them....." IIRC correctly, the last version sold by the ARRL was 1.51. If you are using an older version, perhaps you can find a copy of this one somewhere? Was originally $150, should be a copy at a fraction of that out there now that it is discontinued....... 73, Leo On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 21:23:14 GMT, "KØHB" wrote: Several years ago ARRL marketed a WIN3.xx software package called "Radio Designer" which was a 'lite' copy of a commercial RF design program. Unfortunately the program does not run under 16- and 32-bit Windows environments, and the OEM is not interested in entering into further arrangements with ARRL. Does anyone know of a similar program in a price range (under $500) attractive to hams? 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb |
"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 |
"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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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...,.. A version of F6FBB is available which runs native on Linux, using the Linux AX.25 networking support code. There ought to be no problem running multiple TNCs (either real ones in KISS mode on serial ports, or soundmodem versions), doing digipeating, etc. on Linux. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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...,.. A version of F6FBB is available which runs native on Linux, using the Linux AX.25 networking support code. There ought to be no problem running multiple TNCs (either real ones in KISS mode on serial ports, or soundmodem versions), doing digipeating, etc. on Linux. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
Wes Stewart wrote
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. Thanks for the offer, Wes. I'll file it for 'maybe later'. Right now I have the Antac Designer SV downloaded and it looks like a clone of the ARRL Designer, only 10 years newer. 73, Hans, K0HB |
Wes Stewart wrote
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. Thanks for the offer, Wes. I'll file it for 'maybe later'. Right now I have the Antac Designer SV downloaded and it looks like a clone of the ARRL Designer, only 10 years newer. 73, Hans, K0HB |
Phil,
Don't know if it will help, but how about this: http://www.dosemu.org/ I have no idea if it will help or not; I'm thinking of putting Linux in one of the boxes. A Google search of 'DOS emulators for Linux' yielded a ton of hits, but you've likely already researched them. 73 from Rochester, NY Jim AA2QA "Phil Kane" wrote in message et... 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.558 / Virus Database: 350 - Release Date: 1/2/04 |
Phil,
Don't know if it will help, but how about this: http://www.dosemu.org/ I have no idea if it will help or not; I'm thinking of putting Linux in one of the boxes. A Google search of 'DOS emulators for Linux' yielded a ton of hits, but you've likely already researched them. 73 from Rochester, NY Jim AA2QA "Phil Kane" wrote in message et... 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.558 / Virus Database: 350 - Release Date: 1/2/04 |
"W3JDR" ) writes:
The company that made ARRL Designer (Compact Software) was bought by Ansoft. They have greatly enhanced the capability, and the current offering is available as a free student version he http://www.ansoft.com/ansoftdesignersv/ The download is *very* large. For folks on a dial-up connection, it is almost out the question. Is is available on a CD somewhere?? Thanks. .... Martin VE3OAT |
"W3JDR" ) writes:
The company that made ARRL Designer (Compact Software) was bought by Ansoft. They have greatly enhanced the capability, and the current offering is available as a free student version he http://www.ansoft.com/ansoftdesignersv/ The download is *very* large. For folks on a dial-up connection, it is almost out the question. Is is available on a CD somewhere?? Thanks. .... Martin VE3OAT |
----- Original Message ----- "Wes Stewart" Wrote: 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. Thanks for the correction, Wes. I was going on second hand information. I have to upgrade my computer and then I will be able to run Serenade..... Jim Pennell N6BIU |
----- Original Message ----- "Wes Stewart" Wrote: 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. Thanks for the correction, Wes. I was going on second hand information. I have to upgrade my computer and then I will be able to run Serenade..... Jim Pennell N6BIU |
On 7 Jan 2004 01:32:44 GMT, (Martin Potter)
wrote: "W3JDR" ) writes: The company that made ARRL Designer (Compact Software) was bought by Ansoft. They have greatly enhanced the capability, and the current offering is available as a free student version he http://www.ansoft.com/ansoftdesignersv/ The download is *very* large. For folks on a dial-up connection, it is almost out the question. Is is available on a CD somewhere?? Thanks. ... Martin VE3OAT Yes, e-mail the Serenade team and request an "educational" pack. There is info on their site somewhere about this option. hth Mike W -- |
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:13:16 -0000, Dave Platt wrote:
I'm trying to find a DOS emulator for Linux to see if I can run two circuits at once now...,.. A version of F6FBB is available which runs native on Linux, using the Linux AX.25 networking support code. There ought to be no problem running multiple TNCs (either real ones in KISS mode on serial ports, or soundmodem versions), doing digipeating, etc. on Linux. Thanks for the pointer, Dave. I'm getting back into the *nix world after being away from it for almost 10 years and I've forgotten more than I remember, it seems. I'll try to find F6FBB and see if I like it. I've become very attached to the look and feel of PkGold over the last 10+ years that I've used it, and of course in a pinch I can use a straight terminal program.... -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon |
On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:00:51 GMT, Jim Hampton wrote:
Don't know if it will help, but how about this: http://www.dosemu.org/ I have no idea if it will help or not; I'm thinking of putting Linux in one of the boxes. A Google search of 'DOS emulators for Linux' yielded a ton of hits, but you've likely already researched them. Thanks for the pointer - now I know where to get dosemu which I was advised to try. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon |
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:13:16 -0000, Dave Platt wrote:
I'm trying to find a DOS emulator for Linux to see if I can run two circuits at once now...,.. A version of F6FBB is available which runs native on Linux, using the Linux AX.25 networking support code. There ought to be no problem running multiple TNCs (either real ones in KISS mode on serial ports, or soundmodem versions), doing digipeating, etc. on Linux. Thanks for the pointer, Dave. I'm getting back into the *nix world after being away from it for almost 10 years and I've forgotten more than I remember, it seems. I'll try to find F6FBB and see if I like it. I've become very attached to the look and feel of PkGold over the last 10+ years that I've used it, and of course in a pinch I can use a straight terminal program.... -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon |
On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:00:51 GMT, Jim Hampton wrote:
Don't know if it will help, but how about this: http://www.dosemu.org/ I have no idea if it will help or not; I'm thinking of putting Linux in one of the boxes. A Google search of 'DOS emulators for Linux' yielded a ton of hits, but you've likely already researched them. Thanks for the pointer - now I know where to get dosemu which I was advised to try. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon |
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