[Amps] Tetrode software

[Kim Elmore]

Can't you fool the older software by setting it to run in a 
compatibility mode? Or does that not work with things like this?

Kim N5OP

On 5/1/2015 12:44 PM, Gerald Williamson via Amps wrote:
> Hi All, older software will work with Win7 32 bit or older. Will not work
> with 64 bit operating system.
>   
> I have similar issues with my older eme tracking programs.
>   
> 73,
> Gerald K5GW
>   
>   
>   
> In a message dated 5/1/2015 12:22:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> scott at nx7u.net writes:
>
> One  thing to keep in mind is that this is written in Visual Basic
> 6...which is  beyond obsolete!
> The installer is very basic and I think a bit  counter-intuitive.
> 1. Extract the files from the downloaded .zip file
> 2.  Run "Setup.exe".  The first window will be "Welcome to the Tetrode
> installation program", click OK.
> 3. Next window is "begin teh  installation by clicking the button
> below"...which is the button with the  picture of the computer and a box
> of software (told you it was old).   Often on this window I get confused
> because the only  command-button-looking items are "Exit" and "change
> directory", there's no  "GO" or "install" button.
> 4. next screen asks for what Program Group you  want to put the shortcut
> into.
> 5. then you're done.
>
> When you  start the program, the first thing to do is OPEN a file...which
> is the  digitized constant-current curves of the tetrode you are
> interested  in.  I have supplied several in the download.  Once you
> choose  one, the Screen Bias entry will be populated...that's the
> reference Eg2  for the curves.  You then enter the Grid Bias, Anode Bias,
> and the  peak RF-cycle points (Max Grid Volts and Min Anode Volts), and
> click  "Calculate".  All the information you would have gotten from the
> Eimac EB-5 will populate.  Note in the upper right corner of the  working
> screen is information on the limits of the digitized data.   If you
> exceed the limits the program is extrapolating rather than  interpolating
> and you're on your own.
>
> As to the "Charts"  button...it doesn't do anything.  Sorry.  The charts
> I made for  the 4CX1000A study I did in Excel.
>
> I hope this little bit helps.   I just downloaded it and installed it in
> an XP window on my Win7 machine  with no problems.
>

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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it 
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