Ansoft has given us quite the lovely present for this time of year. A month ago I asked Ulrich Rohde for help in getting Ansoft to make us a university for the purposes of pricing their software. Ulrich was chairman of the board and I believe is still on the board of Ansoft. He put me in touch with the CEO! They chose to make us a university but their licensing terms were a little bothersome. Rick was able to negotiate these waters successfully. These programs are horrendously expensive and we got them very inexpensively. Designer will be helpful in the design and simulation of amplifiers and HFSS will be very helpful in our antenna work.

My first attempt did not include information about our recent alliances. I was met with silence. My second attempt was entirely too long but it contained details of our affiliations and our project and why we would need HFSS, Designer, and why we are a suitable organization to be called a university. It is my opinion that this is our first serious success in using our new university affiliations.

Thanks to Rick for his work with their education/university program director to seal the deal ( WA2LOO by the way).

Season's greetings to all! Bob