As a result of the recent FCC ruling that mandates RF-exposure limits for amateur stations beginning January 1, 1997, I'm making available at no cost a special version of AO Antenna Optimizer software that calculates electric and magnetic near fields. NF.EXE requires a 386 or better, math coprocessor, VGA, and DOS 3.0 or later. You can download the 245K NF.ZIP file from ftp://n6nd.nosc.mil. You may copy this free software for others as long as no charge is involved and the software is used for amateur purposes only. After you unzip the file, see READ.ME for more information. Please carefully read the section on accuracy limitations of near-field modeling. I hope this software helps hams evaluate their stations for compliance with the new FCC rule. The software should be especially useful at high-power contest, DX, and EME stations. I'm providing this free software without support. The package includes extensive documentation and 92 example antenna files. I hope you'll refrain from calling, writing, or e-mailing questions about downloading or using the software. Thanks! Brian Beezley, K6STI k6sti@n2.net