I recently ran across a reference to a software package called ‘MarsEdit‘ which is an offline editor for blogs. I’ve downloaded it and I’m going to try it for the 30-day trial. I’ll be tracking it on my Writing blog, so if you’re interested, drop by to follow along on what I’m finding.

NOTE: MarsEdit is for MAC OSX only, it won’t work on Windows. But this is about more than just using a Mac version of something, I’m interested in the good and bad of using an offline editor overall. If I find something for Windows or Linux that appears as good, I’ll probably setup a trial of that software as well.

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I’ve added comment spam processing software to the system and opened up the system to allow anyone to comment. I’m looking forward to getting a conversation going on my favorite topics.

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For anyone who runs across this blog, this is a new blog. I’m just starting it up, so while it’s getting it’s legs, I’m restricting posting to people who are willing to sign up and log in. This is primarily for me to get some time to get used to new software and to get some history into the bog. I intend to open it up for everyone to comment, but I will be posting some guidelines for what postings will be acceptable. For example:

• I won’t edit comments except to cut out flames or obscenity.
• I will block anyone who tries to use this blog for advertising something not related to the blogs topics
• I won’t allow posts that link to sites that I don’t personally recommend. If anyone puts a link in a post, I’ll visit it first to confirm that I support it

Terry

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I’ve been trying to start an Antenna Modeling discussion for some time. I’ve started a discussion list … no discussions. I’ve started a blog and all I got was spam and eventually compromise. I’m going to try it again because Antennas are fascinating.

Why me? Well, I teach Antenna Modeling. I’ve used Antenna modeling day after day while I was taking service questions about antennas at SGC. Even more, I’ve been doing computer modeling since I first learned about computers in the 1960s. I’ve modeled with many tools and in many languages starting with FORTRAN. I hope to keep doing more.

My plan here is to work through practical examples, to do real modeling on a small scale. This is an extension of what the ARRL is doing with the Antenna Modeling and the Antenna Design and Construction courses.

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