Purchase of Hermes-Lite

[Larry Springsteen]

I know I will need the Hermes-Lite board, case and N2ADR but do I need/want the PCBA/ Turnkey PCB Assembly Service? I just want to make sure I get the needed parts the first time.

73, Larry  WB8LBZ

El Paso, TX

[Steve Haynal]

Hi Larry,

Unless you are an avid and experienced surface mount assembler, I'd recommend the preassembled HL2, enclosure and N2ADR from makerfabs:

https://github.com/softerhardware/Hermes-Lite2/wiki/Group-Buy

73,

Steve

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[Ronald Nicholson]

I just ordered exactly 3 items from Makerfabs: a Hermes Lite 2 board, an N2ADR board, and the metal enclosure.  Took one week to ship to California.

The kit came with 8 small screws for the front and back plates, and a jumper PCB to go between the HL2 board and the N2ADR board.

Assembly required me to acquire separately (local hardware store plus Amazon) an M3 screw and nut, some fine grit sandpaper, and some thermal paste.

I used a hand drill for the one extra screw hole needed, but a drill press would have worked better.

Connecting the finished assembly required an ethernet cable, and a 5.5/2.1 mm barrel connector for wiring from my 12V+ power supply.

Extras:

I also added 4 small rubber feet to the bottom of the case to keep the case from scratching or sliding on my desk.

I also purchased an SMA 30 dB attenuator and a short SMA jumper so I could (re)run the hl2setup board test app.

Everything worked pretty much first time (except my own software, which likely still has a rain forest full of bugs).

I'm running my HL2 from a headless Raspberry Pi 3B+ and from my iPad.

I loaned a second HL2 to a friend who is running it from his MacBook, beta testing my SDR app (but IIRC also trying out linHPSDR and Spark).

On wired ethernet, everything runs fine.  Over Wifi, Tx is very iffy.

73,

Ron

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On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 7:51:34 PM UTC-7, Larry Springsteen wrote:

[Larry Springsteen]

Thanks for the info, I have one of each on order. 73, Larry  WB8LBZ

[simon p]

You will not regret it..

Thinking of selling my elad duo due to fact the hl2 works as well if not better..( really it does..expensive learning experience!)
On paper it should not..but!! (12 bit re 16 bit adc.)

My hl2 on windows 10 on my GOOD pc worked out of the box..( once i had replaced the shite Chinese $1 mouse with a decent on that does not react to rf!)

Add a fan to hl2 enclosure..tiny fan with filtering..(40mm is perfect, fits inside case.)

One thing..expect days of frustration if not using proven software and gateway..BUT hey hl2 is not about buying a flex etc!!

Makerfabs by the way do an excellent job..

Simon..

[Max]

High praise indeed Simon regarding comparison with your beloved Elad!

Larry, my experience is like Simon's in that I find the HL2 is truly excellent and offers performance far above it's price point and easily compares or exceeds performance of many/most of the current "black boxes".

Also Simon has very modestly not mentioned his own excellent software package SDR Console. If you are more of an operator than an experimenter (I admit that is me) then SDRC offers a superb "out of the box" companion to the HL2. It "just works" as they say, and you can be on the air in very short order making contacts. I had my first SSB contact within one hour of starting to assemble HL2/N2ADR/Box and panels as they arrived from Makerfabs so putting together HL2 parts really is no big deal if you just take a read through he Wiki first:

https://github.com/softerhardware/Hermes-Lite2/wiki/Final-Assembly

If you are a little more of an experimenter then Quisk and SparkSDR offer much to play with (multiple receiver slices, QuiskVNA vector analyzer + much more) but personally I have not had enough time to play and have pretty much stuck with SDRC although I do use Spark to flash new versions of Gateware when needed.

Just for information I have not bothered with a fan and not had any heat issues yet but I was careful to make sure good thermal contact of PA board with (non-painted) case rail using plenty thermal compound.

To echo Simon, you most certainly will not regret it.

73

Max

[si...@sdr-radio.com]

Simon,

If you're UK / EU based and do decide to sell your DUO please give me a prod. I'm down Cornwall way...

Simon Brown, G4ELI
https://www.sdr-radio.com

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Max,

 

Maybe a different Simon?

 

Simon Brown, G4ELI

https://www.sdr-radio.com

 

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High praise indeed Simon regarding comparison with your beloved Elad!

 

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[simon p]

Yes a different simon!!

[Max]

Oh no...... another faux pas by me. Many apologies Simon and Simon. I think I will set myself a rule to wait 10 mins after composing message to insert a "gibberish filter" to my posts before I push the Go button. My excuse (a poor one) is that I always seem to be on the verge of rushing off to do another job so in too much of a hurry. I will try harder!

73 to all

Max

[Larry Springsteen]

Well that was quick, I ordered on the 24th and got it today. Paid with PayPal. I will do the mod for the M3 but I plan on trying to use it go driving a transverter.

 73, Larry  WB8LBZ

El Paso, TX

On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 8:51:34 PM UTC-6, Larry Springsteen wrote:

[Don [N5SKT]]

Hope it is OK to tag on to this thread too. I also just got my HL2 and have played with it a bit. Still trying to figure out how I get WSJT-X working with it. Also, wondering about attaching a small amp to it. I don't need a step by step per se but just point me in the right direction. 

Steve, 

The quick start was most helpful in getting software running like Quisk and PowerSDR. 

Best Regards,

Don - N5SKT

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[Steve Haynal]

Hi Don,

All the documentation is on the wiki, github and in this group. You can find links to everything from www.hermeslite.com

Documentation is a community effort, and only requires a free github account to contribute.

73,

Steve

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On Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 7:34:39 PM UTC-7, Don [N5SKT] wrote:

Hope it is OK to tag on to this thread too. I also just got my HL2 and have played with it a bit. Still trying to figure out how I get WSJT-X working with it. Also, wondering about attaching a small amp to it. I don't need a step by step per se but just point me in the right direction. 

Steve, 

The quick start was most helpful in getting software running like Quisk and PowerSDR. 

Best Regards,

Don - N5SKT

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 9:06 PM Larry Springsteen <wb8...@gmail.com> wrote:

Well that was quick, I ordered on the 24th and got it today. Paid with PayPal. I will do the mod for the M3 but I plan on trying to use it go driving a transverter.

 73, Larry  WB8LBZ

El Paso, TX

On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 8:51:34 PM UTC-6, Larry Springsteen wrote:

I know I will need the Hermes-Lite board, case and N2ADR but do I need/want the PCBA/ Turnkey PCB Assembly Service? I just want to make sure I get the needed parts the first time.

73, Larry  WB8LBZ

El Paso, TX

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[Alan Hopper]

Hi Paul,

I'd not seen that page, neat. With recent versions of spark it is probably easier to use the digiu mode.

73 Alan M0NNB

On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 11:32:00 AM UTC+1, Paul Chapman wrote:

Don, take a look at:
https://github.com/softerhardware/Hermes-Lite2/wiki/Operating-WSJT-X-with-background-3-band-skimmer
Paul.

[Alan Hopper]

Hi Paul,

digiu it is just the same as usb but the audio and rigcntrl controls are displayed in the main bit so you don't need to open settings. I've not read through the wiki for a while, there is obviously some good new stuff there, I'll give it a proper read.

73 Alan M0NNB

On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 11:52:10 AM UTC+1, Paul Chapman wrote:

Hi Alan,
Simpler is always better, and I'm  not very expert here.  Can you provide some direction as to using the digiu mode for wsjt-x?
Thanks for sny help.
73
Paul.  VA5PCC

[Larry Springsteen]

Thanks Steve. I have been to that page and have poked around some. I have been to Github several times. 

73, Larry  WB8LBZ

El Paso, TX

On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 8:51:34 PM UTC-6, Larry Springsteen wrote:

[Don [N5SKT]]

Steve,

Thank for the reply. From a Flexradio user, this is an amazing radio and lot of just fun. Thanks for maintaining it and making it available to the community. 

Best Regards,

Don - N5SKT

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[Josh Logan]

I updated the wiki page to reference DigiU and added a new set of pictures.  Remember this is a wiki, so anyone can update the content.

73, Josh

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[Steve Haynal]

Thanks for the wiki updates!

73,

Steve

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On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 8:22:30 PM UTC-7, Josh Logan wrote:

I updated the wiki page to reference DigiU and added a new set of pictures.  Remember this is a wiki, so anyone can update the content.

73, Josh

KD7HGL

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 3:41 PM Don [N5SKT] <n5skt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Steve,

Thank for the reply. From a Flexradio user, this is an amazing radio and lot of just fun. Thanks for maintaining it and making it available to the community. 

Best Regards,

Don - N5SKT

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:13 AM Larry Springsteen <wb8...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Steve. I have been to that page and have poked around some. I have been to Github several times. 

73, Larry  WB8LBZ

El Paso, TX

On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 8:51:34 PM UTC-6, Larry Springsteen wrote:

I know I will need the Hermes-Lite board, case and N2ADR but do I need/want the PCBA/ Turnkey PCB Assembly Service? I just want to make sure I get the needed parts the first time.

73, Larry  WB8LBZ

El Paso, TX

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[10 AMC]

Hello Group I” looking for the Hermes lite 2 case screws. Looking for 4 to purchase. 

Thanks Allen

[Steve Haynal]

Hi Allen,

These are standard metric M3 screws. In the US, Ace hardware has a good selection of small metric screws.

73,

Steve

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