Ansoft's Designer SV is available as a student feature-limited
download, and is the replacement for Serenade SV, upon which the ARRL
program was based. I DL'd the demo, and IMHO, it is not oriented
toward the HF RF market.

You won't find it onAnsoft'sr web site, but Serenade SV 8.5 is still
available. I sent Ansoft an email, explained that I would be using it
for amateur R&D/experimentation for the purpose of publishing in
amateur periodicals (which is true - QRP Quarterly), and they agreed
that if the Ansoft Designer SV did not meet my needs, they would try
to find a CD of Serenade SV and send it to me. In the meantime, doing
some serious Googling, I found a copy on a university web site, and I
used that. It runs fine on XP.

If you search the ARRL web site, you'll find some examples in the
January 2001 issue of QST that explored Serenade SV.

Good luck!

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:30:00 +0000, Iitoi
wrote:


I have a copy of the old ARRL "Radio Designer" software, but it does not
run on modern OS's, and ARRL has not renewed their agreement with the
author.

Can anyone recommend a similarly capable software package which will
run on an XP platform. Need not be freeware, but also cannot afford a
professional 'commercial' package.

Suggestions?

The Man in the Maze
QRL at Baboquivari Peak, AZ