Black Cat Systems has released version 3.3 of its RF Toolbox, antenna design software. The latest version adds Universal Binary support and a resistor color code calculator.
RF Toolbox is an antenna design package for amateur (ham) radio operators, and other radio enthusiasts, as well as those in the communications professions.
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The software takes the user, step by step, through the design of the following types of antennas:
- Dipole
- Fat Dipole
- Yagi
- J-Pole
- Super J-Pole
- Log Periodic
- Cubic Quad
- Vertical
- helical
RF Toolbox performs, for example, these kinds of calculations: Transmission line calculations, coil design, LC filter design, transmission line loss, L matching networks, Impedance calculations, wire inductance calculations, resistor color code and more.
RF Toolbox 3.3.0 is a Universal Application and is available for Mac OS X, Mac OS 8/9 and Windows. A Linux version is still in development. It is priced at US$19.99.