[hpsdr] Curious about Hermes assembly process

[wully]

Hi Dan and List

I agree completely with you: all the boards that I have received from Tapr and iQLabs (two mercuries, two metis, 1 pennylane, 1 excalibur, two alex-filters, two atlas-kits and more...)
They all have worked as intended and the are running very well since very long time!
The boards are very professionally done. There is also a silk screen, which helps a lot for finding components (jumpers etc.)

I would like to thank all of you for doing such a great job for HPSDR!
I am  using HPSDR exclusively for my day-to-day ham work!
I have also ordered the new Hermes, which I want to use as VNA-device.
These are all great things for experimenting!

vy 73, hb9epu


> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:48:05 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dan Babcock<n4xwe at yahoo.com>
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> Hi John,
>
> The Hermes board uses both surface mount and thru-hole components.? They are built by a Contract Manufacturer (CM) that uses automated equipment for placing and soldering the surface mount components. The CM also has automated optical inspection equipment that checks the placement and values of those components after soldering.? The thru-hole components on Hermes are manually placed and soldered.
> TheCM for the Hermes project is the same one that has built a few thousand Ozy, Janus, Penelope, Mercury, Magister, Metis and Pennylane boards.? From my perspective, as a member of the manufacturing team, they have done an excellent job.
>
> 73,
>
> Dan N4XWE


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