[TowerTalk] How to run HFTA v1.04 under Windows 8.1?

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I hear the locals talk about Windows 7 having a 32 bit mode or a 64 bit  
mode. 32 bot mode seems to work with older software.
 
73,
Gerald K5GW
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/18/2014 1:37:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
jim at audiosystemsgroup.com writes:

Hi  Bill,

Some of the software we use requires a Microsoft driver that is  not 
standard with Windows, but can be downloaded from their website. I  don't 
recall what it is, but I had to do that to get WSJT and WSJT-X to  run in 
XP Pro.

Another potential issue -- it's my understanding  that 8.1 will not load 
unsigned drivers. For that reason alone, the IT  guys in NCCC told me to 
avoid it. I just upgraded to a Thinkpad running  Win 7 64-bit, and 
another running 8.1 for the XYL. I've gotta say that I  truly dislike 
8.1, and could not use it for what I do, but the XYL's needs  are a lot 
less demanding and more mainstream, and it's OK for  her.

I'm reasonably happy with my Win7 box, but I'm still figuring out  some 
of the ways that the OS is getting in my way, preventing me from  
accessing stuff that used to be easy.  W7EL's EZNEC and Ward's  SimSmith 
run just fine. I haven't tried HFTA on it.

73, Jim  K9YC

On 7/18/2014 11:25 AM, William Hein wrote:
> Can't say I  love Windows 8.1 but that's what came my new PC.
>
> I loaded HFTA  from the ARRL Antenna Book CD-ROM along with the other
> programs on  that disc.
>
> I am able to open HFTA, enter data and display the  Terrain Profile 
however
> when I select Compute I get a YTW (not HFTA)  error message:
>
>       Run-time error  91
>       Object variable or With block variable  not set
>
>   I tried running HFTA under Windows  compatibility mode Windows XP (SP3) 
but
> that doesn't  help.
>
> I am building a large rotating tower system this fall  and need to figure
> out what heights to put the Yagis.
>
>  Thanks
>
> Bill AA7XT, ex-AA6TT, ex-NT1Y
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