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#Hackrf one Pc

Only about 1 ppm ofВ thermal drift was seen throughout the operation of the HackRF. We checked the PPM offset againstВ a known signal and found that the offset was -12 ppm, which was pretty good. The вЂAmpвЂ™ button enablesВ a front end amplifier which may be useful for very weak signals, but it should normally be turned off as it also amplifies noise and could potentially damage the HackRF if a very strong signal is nearby (Thanks to вЂTruthвЂ™ from the comments for pointing this out). WeвЂ™re not sure what вЂAmpвЂ™В is, but it seems to do something similar to вЂRTL AGCвЂ™ on the RTL-SDR. The LNA gain is the main gain that should be usedВ and usually only a small amount of VGA gain is needed as VGA gain seems to just increase the noise the same amount as the signal. One is for the LNA Gain, one for VGA gain and the third is a check box for вЂAmpвЂ™. There areВ three gain settings available for the HackRF in SDR#. A strong interfering spikeВ from the 10 MHz clock can be seen at every multiple of 10. Image rejection and sensitivity could be improved by using your own preselector front end like many people have done with the RTL-SDR.В Overall reception sensitivityВ seems to be very similar to the RTL-SDR. Most wideband SDRs are like this but these images are also not helped by the low 8 bit ADC resolution. The HackRF has no front end filtering (preselectors) so there are many images of strong signals (like pager signals) that show up at multiples of theВ selected sample rate. As the antenna screws directly into the HackRF body there is no place for a ground plane which degrades the antennas performance somewhat. There is a spring in the base of the antenna which may be an inductor, or may just beВ there for mechanical reasons. The included antenna is good and made of a high quality build. Also,В since the bandwidth is so wide the waterfall resolution when zoomed in is veryВ poor making it very difficult to see a clear signal structure, but this isВ more a problem withВ SDR# rather thanВ the HackRF. This mightВ make things difficult for people new to signal browsing. However, the drawback is that with such a wide bandwidth it is veryВ difficult to find a narrowband signal on the waterfall if the frequency is unknown. It is very nice to have such a wide bandwidth at your disposal. With the waterfall resolution set to 65536 the CPU usage was at around 45-50%.

After switching to the next lowest bandwidth of 16 MHz everything was fine. The waterfall and audio were veryВ choppy, even when the waterfall and spectrum analyser were turned off.

#Hackrf one Pc

Unfortunately at this sample rateВ the PC we used (Intel i5 750) could not keep up. We first tested the HackRF at its maximum bandwidth of 20 MHz in SDR#. The HackRF is now ready to use with SDR#.

#Hackrf one install

Assuming you have SDR# downloaded, simply plug in your HackRF into a USB port, open zadig in the SDR# folder, select the HackRF and click install driver.

Installation of the HackRF on Windows isВ very simple and is the same process as installing an RTL-SDR dongle. HackRF + Telescopic Antenna + USB Cable + Box (RTL-SDR Dongle Shown for Size Comparison) Back of the box We show an RTL-SDR next to the HackRF for size comparison. Inside the box is the HackRF unit in a quality protective plastic casing, a telescopic antenna and a USB cable. So far weвЂ™ve only tested receive on Windows SDR#.

We didnвЂ™t do any quantitative testing and this is just a first impressions review. We just received ours from backing the Kickstarter and hereвЂ™s a brief review of the product. It is a transmit and receive capable SDR with 8-Bit ADC, 10 MHz to 6 GHz operating range and up to 20 MHz of bandwidth.

#Hackrf one software

The HackRF One is a new software defined radio that has recently been shipped out to Kickstarter funders. ExtIO with Decimation & Tuner Bandwidth Controls.

#Hackrf one driver

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