Can you confirm you have been adjusting the gain (lna/vga) and amp in your tests within SDR Sharp and Gqrx (same idea in gqrx, slightly different names)
Jay On Oct 30, 2014 6:13 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:04:56 +0100 "Rick Zero_Chaos Farina" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >On 10/30/2014 02:54 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi Simon / All, > >> > >> With the antenna using the rtl usb stick i can receive FM fine. > >I > >> thought the ANT500 is better than the standard antenna which > >comes > >> with most of those usb dongles ? I tested the continuity of the > >> ANT500 which is good. Shield and antenna have none, but the > >inner > >> pin and antenna have continuity. > >> > >> Also i just installed the 2.3 beta which now displays the hackrf > > > >> one as an option. But still no go on the usual FM frequencies, > >just > >> noise or silence when selecting a peak. > >> > >> I bought also a few other antennas for specific ranges like 2.4 > >> Ghz. How can i use the 2.4 Ghz antenna to determine if the > >hackrf > >> works ? I mean i can connect it and go to 2.4 Ghz, but what is a > > > >> typical sound or view to know it is working as it should ? > > > >Be aware, the HackRF has an SMA antenna port, and most 2.4GHz > >antennas > >are for wifi which uses an RP-SMA jack. This means that the two > >will > >actually fit perfectly together, except for the fact that there is > >no > >electrical connection at all. Be certain your 2.4GHz is SMA and > > > True, that's why the place where i bought it specifically made it > clear it is suitable for the hackrf one. > > Do you have by chance some audio file or graph which i can use to > compare to the output i should get when i test with the 2.4 Ghz > antenna ? Or any one ? > > Thanks ! > > > >not RP-SMA. > > > >-Zero_Chaos > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Micky > >> > >> On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:05:14 +0100 "Simon Brown" <simon@sdr- > >> radio.com> wrote: > >>> Micky, > >>> > >>> You must use a better antenna unless you live right in the > >middle > >>> of the Big City, and even then your antenna may be defective. > >>> > >>> Simon Brown G4ELI > >>> http://v2.sdr-radio.com > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> > >>> Hi Simon, > >>> > >>> Thank you for your help. I use the ANT500 antenna which came > >with > >>> the unit. I also noticed that SDR# shows the device as > >>> "Jawbreaker" > >>> while in my understanding that was a beta prototype. But > >judging > >>>from size, hackrf_info and GQRX it's picked up as HackRF One. > >>> > >>> I will setup the SDR-Radio software on my laptop and from there > >i > >>> hope we can get something out of it. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> HackRF-dev mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> HackRF-dev mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev > >> > > _______________________________________________ > HackRF-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev >
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