[hpsdr] Diversity and Mercury-EU work great together

[w3sz]

Just a note to let everyone know that Mercury-EU and Diversity PowerSDR 
using K5SO's software 19.3.4.diversity20 work great together.

I am running Joe's software with one 'regular' Mercury and one 
Mercury-EU from Gerd Loch with no problems.  I am using Metis as my 
interface card.  Excalibur is my 10 MHz source.

Info on Gerd's Mercury-EU can be gotten from http://www.hpsdr.eu/ or 
more specifically
http://www.hpsdr.eu/Baugruppen/Mercury-EU.htm

There are some instructions in German at 
http://www.hpsdr.eu/Technische%20Details/Mercury_EU_Rev.1/Diversity.pdf

Its a simple process, though, and I didn't need them.

The V 6.4 firmware for Mercury-EU can be downloaded from 
http://www.hpsdr.eu/Software/Software_Mercury-EU.htm

I used one of the $13.50 Altera USB-Blasters from eBay to load the 
firmware onto Mercury-EU.  It is very straightforward to do that;  I 
didn't need any instructions. But if you do need instructions, they are at:
http://www.hpsdr.eu/Manuals/Programmieren%20mit%20USB-Blaster.doc
They are in German, but the pictures make the text unnecessary.

Mercury-EU connector assignments are at 
http://www.hpsdr.eu/Manuals/Programmieren%20mit%20USB-Blaster.doc
Mercury-EU layout is at 
http://www.hpsdr.eu/Manuals/Programmieren%20mit%20USB-Blaster.doc

Have a great weekend All, and

73,

W3SZ
Roger Rehr
http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz



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