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<DIV>Terry (no callsign):</DIV>
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<DIV>Please sign your messages with your callsign as well. My name is also
Terry (WB4JFI), but I have no such complaints or concerns about Hermes, or any
other openHPSDR projects. I don’t want others to be confused and think
that I might have sent the message below.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am slowly collecting parts to build a Hermes, and have seen a few
messages about discrepencies(sp), but I am not alarmed or concerned. This
is a leading-edge project that has been designed and made available by amateurs
for amateurs. You can expect a few minor variations in a first-release
design this complicated and handled internationally.</DIV>
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<DIV>The main parties are working to sort any issues out, which is a huge
advantage of the openHPSDR community. Many Hermes boards are being used
already, so the answers/corrections are known to someone.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have built many other bare boards and kits, and first-generation
documentation often takes a back seat to getting the boards and hardware out
there. Errata is common. Look at the excellent N2ADR-based DDC/DUC
board from Germany for example. It is similar to the Hermes, and several
parts are different between the schematic and the parts list. Some parts
are difficult to obtain in the U.S. as well. But, I did manage to find the
correct information, and now have all the parts to complete my board. The
early Softrocks also had some variations between pasts lists and supplied parts,
especially as Tony was improving the designs.</DIV>
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<DIV>Relax and enjoy the ride! Remember, it’s a hobby.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you & 73,</DIV>
<DIV>Terry, WB4JFI</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sdrhiq@gmail.com
href="mailto:sdrhiq@gmail.com">kristine</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 20, 2012 12:25 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org
href="mailto:hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org">hpsdr@lists.openhpsdr.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [hpsdr] Hermes Project Badly Handled</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>I received Hermes - Bare PCB from TAPR a month back - looks
Good.
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<DIV>This is a Extremely high cost project - I really feel this has been badly
<BR>handled by the person who have done the final board design.<BR><BR>There are
several mistakes/disparity in the Schematics, BOM, Bare PCB Received <BR>and the
Hermes photo. <B style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><FONT
color=#000099>I am preparing a complete documentation about the <BR>disparity at
a cost.</FONT></B><BR><BR>Which one to take into account is doubtful. None of
the above matches with <BR>each other. Like there are few components which is
there in the Hermes component loaded Board presented in the site, those
components are also present in the Bare pcb but unfortunately, there is no
information in the BOM - bit crazy. This shouldn't have never happened if
Schematics could have considered the base-point or reference point. This kind of
release will jeopardize the tempo of all user in HPSDR group who would like to
build his own device a bit discouraging factor.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>What I understand Kjell, Kevin, Phil are the right persons who can
respond to this.</DIV>
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<DIV>73's</DIV>
<DIV>Terry</DIV>
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