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Subject: | Re: [TowerTalk] K6STI YO / AO Programs? |
From: | Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu> |
Date: | Sun, 09 Nov 2003 14:59:36 -0500 |
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N6LRV wrote: >I agree with you Joe. I live near Brian Beezley. I contacted him a couple of years ago when I learned of his programs. When he did finally return my messages he explained that he did in fact stop advertising his programs because of pirating. I did eventually buy one program from him however, he was obnoxious, unhelpful, and slow in responding. He charged me a great deal of money and refused to send it to me on disk instead, he emailed it to me. I later found he had embedded my name onto each screen so as to discourage anonomous pirating. I disagree. Brian is very prompt normally...1 hour turnaround is not uncommon for E-mail requests but he maintains East Coast hours (6AM-10PM) so he may not respond promptly if you are on the West Coast. He will often answer email questions at 6 AM EST!!! If you have a problem with him doing what is necessary to protect his Intellectual Property, I think the problem is yours and not Brian's. Thanks to several who indeed pirated his software, he exited the ham radio business although I know he still maintains Yagi Optimizer and DSP Blaster...I'm not sure about AO. >Those 'round here who have known him tell me he has always been the unpleasant sort. His DOS based YO, AO, and other programs work well but these days I prefer the WIndows based NEC modeling programs anyway. Nothing will hold a candle to YO in terms of optimization. I've used all versions of EZNEC thru 3.0 (including the original Elnec), and YO runs light-speed circles around EZNEC for optimizing Yagis. Brian has always been very helpful and responsive to me. My most recent experience was when he spent ~1 hour with me on the phone helping me solve a configuration problem for DSP Blaster. If anyone needs Brian's E-mail address, drop me a PM and I will provide it. He apparently does not like it published where the spambots can obtain it. 73, Bill W4ZV P.S. Example of how YO7 helped optimize my KLM610 3-stack: http://users.vnet.net/btippett/yagi_optimizer_7_0.htm _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk |
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