N6LRV wrote: I agree with you Joe. I live near Brian Beezley. I contacted him a couple of years ago when I learned of his programs. When he did finally return my messages he explained that he did in fact stop advertising his programs because of pirating. I did eventually buy one program from him however, he was obnoxious, unhelpful, and slow in responding. He charged me a great deal of money and refused to send it to me on disk instead, he emailed it to me. I later found he had embedded my name onto each screen so as to discourage anonomous pirating.
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Brian is very prompt normally.1 hour turnaround is not uncommon for E-mail requests but he maintains East Coast hours (6AM-10PM) so he may not respond promptly if you are on the West Coast. He will often answer email questions at 6 AM EST!!!
If you have a problem with him doing what is necessary to protect his Intellectual Property, I think the problem is yours and not Brian's. Thanks to several who indeed pirated his software, he exited the ham radio business although I know he still maintains Yagi Optimizer and DSP Blaster.I'm not sure about AO. Those 'round here who have known him tell me he has always been the unpleasant sort. His DOS based YO, AO, and other programs work well but these days I prefer the WIndows based NEC modeling programs anyway. Nothing will hold a candle to YO in terms of optimization.
I've used all versions of EZNEC thru 3.0 (including the original Elnec), and YO runs light-speed circles around EZNEC for optimizing Yagis. Brian has always been very helpful and responsive to me. My most recent experience was when he spent 1 hour with me on the phone helping me solve a configuration problem for DSP Blaster.
If anyone needs Brian's E-mail address, drop me a PM and I will provide it. He apparently does not like it published where the spambots can obtain it. 73, Bill W4ZV P.S. Example of how YO7 helped optimize my KLM610 3-stack: See: for 'Self Supporting Towers', 'Wireless Weather Stations', and lot's more.
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