{"id":33389,"date":"2012-07-17T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T02:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/?p=33389"},"modified":"2023-10-10T09:01:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T07:01:51","slug":"hpsdr-hermes-available-for-order-from-tapr-until-july-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/new-equipment\/hpsdr-hermes-available-for-order-from-tapr-until-july-25\/","title":{"rendered":"HPSDR Hermes available for order from TAPR until July 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/500px-Hermes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33390 size-full\" title=\"500px-Hermes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/500px-Hermes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/500px-Hermes.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/500px-Hermes-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hermes is a single board Digital Up and Down Conversion (DUC\/DDC) full duplex HF + 6m multi-mode transceiver.<\/p>\n<p>It is basically the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapr.org\/kits_merc.html\">Mercury<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapr.org\/kits_PL.html\">PennyLane<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapr.org\/kits_metis.html\">Metis<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapr.org\/kits_excalibur.html\">Excalibur<\/a> boards rolled into one 120 by 160 mm PCB. The board communicates to an associated PC via 100T\/1000T Ethernet.<\/p>\n<p>Hermes has the following features and facilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Uninterrupted coverage from 50kHz to 5%MHz<\/li>\n<li>Supports Real-Time display of entire spectrum from 0-55MHz (with suitable PC software)<\/li>\n<li>Supports 7 fully independent receivers (sharing the same antenna &#8211; and with suitable PC software)<\/li>\n<li>Each receiver can display 48\/96\/192kHz of spectrum<\/li>\n<li>Blocking Dynamic Range (ARRL Method) &#8211; no detectable gain compression below ADC overload<\/li>\n<li>High performance receiver . same specifications as the HPSDR Mercury receiver (ie Dynamic Range typically 125dB)<\/li>\n<li>Transmit and receiver image rejection &gt; 110dB<\/li>\n<li>Transmitter two-tone 3rd order IMD of -50dBc on 20m @ 400mW output<\/li>\n<li>500mW RF output on 160 . 10m amateur bands, 350mW on 6m<\/li>\n<li>Built-in high performance preamp, with a noise floor typically -135dBm in 500Hz<\/li>\n<li>Software-selectable 31dB input attenuator in 1dB steps<\/li>\n<li>FPGA code can be updated via the Ethernet connection<\/li>\n<li>Seven user-configurable open-collector outputs, independently selectable per band and Tx\/Rx (for relay control, etc &#8211; with sequencing via PC code)<\/li>\n<li>Separate open-collector PTT connection for amplifier control, etc, with sequencer<\/li>\n<li>Microphone PTT jumper-selectable from tip or ring connection<\/li>\n<li>Bias for electret microphones via jumper<\/li>\n<li>Four user-configurable 12 bit analog inputs (for ALC, SWR etc)<\/li>\n<li>Three user-configurable digital inputs (for linear amplifier over temperature, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Can operate from a 13.8v DC supply or +12v and +5v supplies<\/li>\n<li>Jumper selected in-built low noise and high efficiency switch mode power supply designed by Kjell Karson,LA2NI . less than 600mA (receive &#8211; one receiver) from a 13.8V supply<\/li>\n<li>I2C bus connector for control of external equipment<\/li>\n<li>Full QSK operation (performance dependant on associated PC and control software)<\/li>\n<li>Low-level transmitter output for transverter use via user-selectable output attenuator<\/li>\n<li>Stereo audio outputs at line and headphone levels<\/li>\n<li>In-built 1W stereo audio amplifier for directly driving speakers<\/li>\n<li>Direct, de-bounced connections for a Morse key (straight or iambic) and PTT<\/li>\n<li>Low phase noise (-140dBc\/Hz @ 1kHz at 14MHz) 122.88MHz master clock,which can be phase-locked to an internal 10MHz TCXO or external frequency reference<\/li>\n<li>Direct ribbon cable interface to <a title=\"Apollo\" href=\"http:\/\/openhpsdr.org\/\/wiki\/index.php?title=Apollo\">Apollo<\/a> 15W power amplifier, low pass filters and automatic ATU or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapr.org\/kits_alex.html\">Alex<\/a> Antenna switch, HPFs and Tx LPFs<\/li>\n<li>Ethernet interface supports fixed, APIP or DHCP IP address<\/li>\n<li>Hermes responds to ping and ARP requests, auto senses Ethernet cable connection and connection speed<\/li>\n<li>PCB is 160mm x 120mm, 8 layers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More detail are available at the <a href=\"http:\/\/openhpsdr.org\/wiki\/index.php?title=HERMES\"> Hermes Wiki Page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/500px-Hermesapolloincase.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33391 size-full\" title=\"500px-Hermesapolloincase\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/500px-Hermesapolloincase.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/500px-Hermesapolloincase.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/500px-Hermesapolloincase-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Availability<\/h4>\n<p>Dues to cost of production, the ordering process will be somewhat different than any previous HPSDR projects. Hermes will be produced in a single production batch whose size is based on the number of orders places on this page prior to <span style=\"color: red;\">July 25<\/span>. The number of orders placed up to and including <span style=\"color: red;\">July 25<\/span> will be the production quantity. No extra A&amp;T Hermes will be produced by TAPR.<\/p>\n<p>Credit cards will be charged for the cost of Hermes plus estimated shipping once the order quantity reaches 250.<br \/>\nShipment is expected to be as early as September 6th or as late as October 15th.<\/p>\n<p>Price:<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>$ 895 US for members of TAPR<br \/>\n$ 940 US for non-members<br \/>\n+ shipping\/handling if applicable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapr.org\/kits_hermes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hermes is a single board Digital Up and Down Conversion (DUC\/DDC) full duplex HF + 6m multi-mode transceiver. It is basically the Mercury, PennyLane, Metis and Excalibur boards rolled into one 120 by 160 mm PCB. The board communicates to an associated PC via 100T\/1000T Ethernet. Hermes has the following features and facilities: Uninterrupted coverage&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[304,421],"class_list":["post-33389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-equipment","tag-new-equipment-2","tag-sdr","category-8","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}