Thanks greatly! I tried that boot disk and it, the disk, worked. However, while I understand what it does and how to use it (it being Gnu Radio) I find the same problem with it that bugged me horribly before I retired ... newbees need EXAMPLES. I taught Quantum Mechanics to chemists for decades and no matter how well you explained the theory, they needed a few examples that 100% went though things before they got the hand of it.
I need the same for Gnu Radio. Where are the useful examples? Perhaps I should start with the Companion. I clearly can pick up the "text" coding if I can simply know what I need to connect up to get things done. Like an example ... using the HackRF and/or the DVB dongles ... like one that does ordinary FM radio at 101.1 MHz, one that does broadcast band or SW AM radio, and ones that display a spectrum with selectable frequency and bandwidth (though I probably can figure that out). I don't find those. I mean complete, not toy, examples. I found toys. You don't learn how to use things like GnuRadio with toys! You need big examples! Also ... can I put this file on a say 8 GB USB bootable key and then use the file system on the key to store projects? If so, exactly how? Finally ... exactly what is the frequency response of the HackRF SUPPOSED to be? That will allow a simple check, as SDR# does work, sort of. I.e. suppose I use a "hamitup" 0-30 MHz upconverter, so there is a huge spike at 125 MHz. (or set my synthesizer to 125). Bandwidth is set to say 10 MHz and 125 MHZ is in the middle of the display. I measue the amplitude. I move it to 129 MHz (right of screen) and measure it. Then I move it to 129.95 (almost off screen) and measure. Then move to 131 (now at far left) and measure. Then 132, 133 ... up to 139. This plots the IF response, presumably. What SHOULD it look like at each bandwidth setting. Doug McDonald From: Michael Ossmann <[email protected]> To: "McDonald, J Douglas" <[email protected]> On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 07:44:48PM +0000, McDonald, J Douglas wrote: > > I tried that (PEntoo) twice, on two computers. It boots but fails when > "startx" is tried. Are there other programs that actually DO > "just work"? There is a known bug with certain video cards that you're probably running into. Fortunately a new Pentoo iso is going to be released within the next few days that should fix that problems. In the meantime, I suggest trying the latest test release of the GNU Radio Live DVD: http://downloads.gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/iso/gnuradio-test.iso This URL will probably only be good for about a day. It is a test version. A new release of the iso is planned to be done before the GNU Radio conference in a couple weeks. I've verified the HackRF functionality in this test version. Mike ************* _______________________________________________ HackRF-dev mailing list [email protected] http://nine.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev
