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
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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

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

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 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!

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 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