So, you’ve taken delivery of your Hermes Lite 2, you have it connected and running perfectly, but after a few days operation you’re becoming increasingly frustrated in having to press the spacebar or to use VOX to Tx, and you could really do with ...more
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Thetis on MacOS: Considerations re Parallels Network Mode
If you want to run Thetis to control your Hermes Lite 2 or maybe even your Apache Labs Anan using your Mac computer, you will of course need to be running Windows, which on macOS requires either Parallels or Bootcamp. I’ve not used Bootcamp, ...more
HowTo: RUMlogNG TCI on Mac to THETIS TCI on Windows10
If, like me, you have a Hermes LIte 2, you run Thetis in a Windows VM using Parallels on a Mac, and you also use the excellent RUMlogNG as your rig control / logger, then this quick overview is for you. It’s pretty straightforward ...more
A Guide to Hermes Lite 2 + Mac + Parallels + THETIS
Disclaimer: This document explains the process to get my Hermes Lite 2 working on my iMac using Windows 10 in a Virtual Machine with Parallels. Your settings will undoubtedly be different to those documented here, so please bear this in mind if you choose ...more
New Radio sir…?Oh yes, a Hermes Lite 2 please!
Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on ones perspective, each of my long term hobbies comes with the ultimately expensive adage: ’one can never have too many ’nnn’s’ – where one substitutes ‘nnn’ for: in the case of Photography… lenses, in the case of making music… ...more
New and Interesting Adventures for 2024 with Bunkers-on-the-Air
First times are often a mixture of things we either don’t wish to remember much about or conversely we certainly do, todays first was certainly the latter. The first for me today was a foray into what appears to be a current favourite amongst ...more
2M Practical Wireless QRP contest at The British
My amateur radio club (Newport Amateur Radio Society) entered the Practical Wireless 2M QSP contest on 11th June which of course needed someone to scout the proposed location for suitability, and so the day before the contest I headed up to a gorgeous spot ...more
Operating HF in the middle of nowhere – from a Motorcycle!
I mean come on…. outstanding views, clear skies, temperatures around 24°C, a motorcycle and an Icom IC-7300 – what more could anyone want! I guess to summarise my experiences of this gorgeous hillside location, there’s little else to say except that this was simply ...more
145Alive and my First Visit to Twmbarlwm in 2023
Well, a few weeks ago on a Saturday afternoon after I had finished work, the weather was the warmest it has been so far this year, so at 3:00 in the afternoon I decided on a quick ride the 10 or so miles to ...more
2023’s Motorcycle Adventures on HF getting a step closer
Getting prepared for motorcycle adventures on HF this summer has moved a tiny step closer. After making a few phone calls trying to decide where I should source the foam for my motorcycle back-box, I took a trip across the old Severn Bridge earlier ...more