Readme.txt for 00RF09.ZIP 00RF09.ZIP contains files pertaining to "RF," by Zack Lau, W1VT (QEX, September/October 2000, pp 51-55). 70cmqex.ckt Circuit-description file for modeling a 70-cm band-pass filter (BPF) in ARRL Radio Designer (ARD). ARD is a circuit-analysis application available for purchase from ARRL (http://www.arrl.org/ard/). 70cmqex.jpg A jpeg image of Fig 5. An ARD performance plot for the 70-cm BPF. FILT is simulated, while RFILT is the measured filter response. 70cmqex.rp2 An ARD report for the 70-cm BPF. feedline.jpg A jpeg image of Fig 1. Response plots of the matching network designed by W1VD and K1TD with 566 (TRANS) and 370 (TUNED) inches of 300-ohm twin lead. nec20mdip.jpg A jpeg image of Fig 2. An EZNEC (with a NEC-4 computation engine) plot of a dipole simulated at heights of 25, 30, 35 and 40 feet, plotted in Amateur Radio Designer. opt20mdip.jpg A jpeg image of Fig 3. Performance of the improved antenna and feed-line system. TwinLead.txt This text file containing the .ckt and other files used in ARD has been separated into individual files that are more useful with ARL. Here are the associations of the various Figs, Tables and files: Fig 1 54ft20m Fig 2 & 3 20dip4x.ckt Table 1 tvlead.ckt Table 2 sc.ckt Table 3 jjmatch.ckt 73, Bob, KU7G 3:07 PM Thursday, August 17, 2000 Robert J. Schetgen, KU7G/1 Senior Assistant Technical Editor American Radio Relay League, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111-1494 ph: 860-594-0277 (direct) fax: 860-594-0259 e-mail: rschetgen@arrl.org QST Team * Hints & Kinks Editor * QEX Managing Editor Have you seen the new QEX? Wow! Check it out at http://www.arrl.org/qex/.