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Technical Specifications:
- Rugged Extruded Aluminum Housing, Weight: 4.5Kgs approx, Dimensions: 265.5mm (W) x 220mm (D) x 80mm (H)
- RD100HHF1 Mosfet 100W Linear amplifier (160M-6M)
- Combination of 7 LPF and 5 HPF Banks for front end Filtering (User Configurable as well)
- 6M LNA
- Software Configurable Triple antenna ports SWR Bridge, enables Forward and Reverse Power plus SWR to be displayed using suitable PC software.
- T/R, LPF Switching using mechanical relays (gold plated contacts)
- Reverse Polarity protection with resettable fuse
- All cables, Hardware and instructions to make a complete transceiver with Hermes
- Continuous, uninterrupted, receive coverage from 10KHz to 55MHz. .
- Supports Real-Time display of entire sectrum from 0-55mHz (with suitable PC software)
- Supports 2 fully independent receivers (sharing the same antenna – and with suitable PC software)
- Each receiver can display 48/96/192kHz of spectrum
- Blocking Dynamic Range (ARRL Method) no detectable gain compression below ADC overload
- Transmit and receiver image rejection > 100dB
- Transmitter two-tone 3rd order IMD of -31dBc on 20m @ 100W PEP output 100W RF output on 160 – 6m amateur bands
- Built-in high performance preamp, with a noise floor typically -135dBm in 500Hz
- Software-selectable 31dB input attenuator in 1dB steps
- High performance receiver – same specifications as the HPSDR Mercury receiver (ie Dynamic Range typically 125dB)
- FPGA code can be updated via the Industry Standard TCP/IP network Ethernet connection
- Seven user-configurable open-collector outputs, independently selectable per band and Tx/Rx (for relay control, etc – with sequencing via PC code)
- Separate open-collector PTT connection for amplifier control, etc, with sequencer
- Microphone PTT jumper-selectable from tip or ring connection
- Bias for electret microphones via jumper
- Four user-configurable 12 bit analogue inputs (for ALC, SWR etc)
- Three user-configurable digital inputs (for linear amplifier over temperature, etc)
- I2C bus connector for control of external equipment
- Full QSK operation (performance dependant on associated PC and control software)
- Low-level transmitter output for transverter use via user-selectable output attenuator
- Stereo audio outputs at line and headphone levels
- In-built 1W stereo audio amplifier for directly driving speakers
- Direct, de-bounced connections for a Morse key (straight or iambic) and PTT
- Low phase noise (-137dBc/Hz @ 1kHz) 122.88MHz master clock, which can be phase-locked to an internal 10MHz TCXO or external fequency reference
- Low phase noise (-140dBc/Hz @ 1kHz at 14MHz) 122.88MHz master clock, which can be phase-locked to an internal 10MHz TCXO or external frequency reference
- Industry Standard TCP/IP network Ethernet interface supports static, APIPA or DHCP IP address
- Hermes responds to ping and ARP requests and auto senses network connection speed
- Eight (8) Layer PCB design for the most professional, state-of-the-art, design available.
Price: $1989.00 USD (Preorder)
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