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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This morning on the Apache Labs Yahoo Group I found the
following post:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“</span></font><font size=2 color="#3f3f3f"
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#3F3F3F;
background:white'>This applies to Hermes.</span></span></font><font size=2
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<span style='background:white'><span style='orphans: auto;widows: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;float:none;word-spacing:0px'>I emailed Apache
Labs support with this issue yesterday. I received a quick</span></span><br
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0px'>
<span style='background:white'><span style='orphans: auto;widows: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;float:none;word-spacing:0px'>response indicating
that this was a FW bug. Abhi sent me a FW release that</span></span><br
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0px'>
<span style='background:white'><span style='orphans: auto;widows: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;float:none;word-spacing:0px'>resolved the problem.</span></span></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This post was followed by another one:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#3f3f3f" face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#3F3F3F;background:white'>“Hi
George,I will upload the firmware on the apache site shortly, the version
number would still be v2.5 as it is a minor bug fix, however, the rbf file will
be named v2.5b,Please note that this release addresses the low power output on
12M in the ANAN-100,73s, Abhi</span></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> ”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I did not see any announcement on the OpenHPSDR reflector
regarding a new firmware version for Hermes. How come?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The second post mentions the ANAN-100. Is this version a
version for Hermes when used only in the ANAN-100? Is this the start of the Balkanization
of the Firmware? That would be a really bad idea.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It is also not a very good idea to produce versions labeled V2.5,
V2.5a, V2.5b as there is no way to distinguish these versions once they are
programmed into the FPGA. Why not use a new version like V2.6 even if it is
just a bug correction? It is still a new version.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The “announcement” should also list what is
corrected in a little more details and be made first/simultaneously on the OpenHPSDR
reflector so everyone knows what is what.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PJ2BVU, Jean-Claude Abauzit</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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