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Very interesting listening in on this particular topic of Hermes- competitors.

Firstly a much and bodacious thanks to all working on Hermes!

Perhaps if there was an actual orderable Hermes and interested parties can use it there might not be any "competition". Right now only a very few can espouse on the wonderful Hermes from personal touch, feel, use and sense of ownership and the rest of us are idle only to yearn.

It makes sense to me that folks are finding "competition" - its human nature when something perceived to be highly desirable is "dangled" and out of reach....while I understand why you did in your response, responding with more bling factor (4-RX), at least for me only serves to dangle it more!  It is, at least a wee bit, possible to say that since you have a Hermes you might not be interested or be able to see the grass on the other side like us who are left to yearn.

If I personally had a Hermes in hand I most likely would not be reading about competition - unless of course all it's greatness and future opportunities don't pan out....

Of course competition breeds opportunity for growth so it's also good to track what else is in the realm or potentially on radar - I think you'd agree either way.

Where is Hermes? When will it be on my bench? 

Just some friendly thoughts...I'm not slamming anyone... I just want a freaking Hermes already!

73s. Orpheo
KB3UVP

Frame of mind: Change is inevitable...get past it!

On Jun 3, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Joe Martin K5SO <k5so at valornet.com> wrote:

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> All of these so-called "competitors" to Hermes offered up lately appear to me to fall well short of the performance and esthetically pleasing arrangement of Hermes itself.  
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> After testing the prototype Hermes hardware, firmware, and software I sure wouldn't choose any of those so-called competitors over Hermes, not after experiencing the superb performance I see from Hermes.  In addition the slick packaging options for Hermes are great, in my opinion.  
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> FYI, Abhi and I have created and are testing a 4 Rx version of the Hermes firmware that, while using 99% of the available logic resources in the FPGA seems to work fine; not that we recommend loading the FPGA that high.  A more realistic loading would likely be 2 Rx or 3 Rx, leaving room for additional features to be added to the firmware later.    
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> The grass sometimes appears greener on the other side of the fence (but actually it isn't!), in this case.  
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> 73,  Joe K5SO
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