On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:59:50 +0100 "Jay Bougie" <[email protected]> wrote: >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)
Yes, to be sure i just did again a serie of tests and combinations on known FM frequencies using SDR Sharp. Not sure what else we can try beside it being a DOA unit :( I just hate to ship it back and most likely wait till next year for a new unit beside the shipping costs i have to pay again. (not to mention customs bleeding people dry for anything outside the EU) > >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 >> _______________________________________________ HackRF-dev mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev
