[hpsdr] Some Hermes Options for complete transceiver

[Scott Cowling]

Hermes and Apollo are designed to fit into a standard Hammond box:

Hammond p/n
1455Q1601 (alum finish) or 1455Q1601BK (black finish)
DigiKey
HM1171-ND (alum finish) or 1455Q1601BK-ND (black finish)
Mouser
546-1455Q1601 (alum finish) or 546-1455Q1601BK (black finish)

Cost is about $30, depending on finish.

TAPR is working on the custom end plates for Apollo/Hermes in the 
off-the-shelf Hammond box and they should be available before Hermes 
arrives. TAPR will likely sell the enclosure with the custom end 
plates for a bit more than the Alex enclosure costs, since it is 
larger. I would guess about $40.

TAPR is also working on Apollo, for those who want an on-board ATU 
included with your PA unit. The cost of Apollo has not been 
determined yet, but it will likely be in the $300 to $400 range. We 
should know this within about two weeks.

So you have lots of choices, between ATU or no ATU, custom enclosure 
or off-the-shelf, external or internal PA, Alex filters, etc, etc.

Happy building!

73,
Scotty WA2DFI

At 07:46 2012-07-24 -0400, you wrote:
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>All
>
>There has been some chatter on what is needed to Hermes into a 10 
>watt or 100 watt tranciever. There are options already in place if 
>you want to be creative, isn't this why we are hams!
>You can use Penelope or Pennywhistle along with Alex filters with 
>Hermes and have a 10-15 watt xceiver.
>You can use Munin and Alex filters with Hermes and have a 100 watt 
>rig. (My Plan)
>I believe you could use Hercules and Hermes and have a 100 watt rig. 
>Gerd may have some PCB's around, finals are hard to find but 
>availabe. (I have Hercules so this is My back up Plan)
>
>Some of you already have these bits around or could have them in 
>place by October.
>
>Just some thoughts about currently available options that could be 
>in place and ready for Hermes when it hits your door in October.
>
>Tim W4YN



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