HackRF.  Wideband SDR receive... and transmit!! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2013, 07:55:08 pm
content: I'm surprised we haven't talked about this here yet. This project looked really cool with the beta hardware, and now it's gone to Kickstarter for a production version. This could be a serious game changer for SDR. In addition to having fully functioning beta hardware, Michael Ossmann has some serious credibility from past projects and associations like Travis Goodspeed. I just might have to take the plunge on this one. It's worth a look.http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mossmann/hackrf-an-open-source-sdr-platform

author: Rasz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2013, 11:05:33 pm
content: and here is a video from the kickstarter:DDD damnit they are like twins, every time I see Ossmann (ccc, hak5) I think Jon Lajoie.Hardware is nice and dude has a proven track record of delivering, really nice campaign.

author: Lightages
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 05, 2013, 07:12:25 am
content: I really like this project and think I would buy in. My concern is that they have gone way over their goal so does this mean they have also gone way over their ability to deliver all the requests?

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2013, 07:55:01 am
content: My concern is some regulation organisation will jump on them at the last minute and legally stop the sale due to it being able to transmit on any frequency including private bands.A lot of police scanners have entire frequency ranges locked out for legal reasons.However it does look awesome and i really do want to back it.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2013, 07:35:08 pm
content: The USRP has been available commercially for a really long time now and I haven't heard of any regulatory issues with them.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2013, 09:05:36 pm
content: Ha! That video in the second post has nothing to do with the HackRF. It's just some guy with a joke kickstarter that kinda looks like Ossmann. It would be cool if Rasz might make that a little clearer, but either way, the actual HackRF kickstarter link is in my first post.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2013, 10:42:18 pm
content: Quote from: Psi on August 05, 2013, 07:55:01 amIt would need a power amp to have enough range to be a problem, not to mention someone needing to connect an antenna.As-is it's an RF signal generator - I don't see anyone trying to ban those.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 06, 2013, 02:42:58 am
content: Quote from: Psi on August 05, 2013, 07:55:01 amI used to do a lot of scanning in the early 90s. There would be times I would come across some things in the police range that would be scrambled.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 06, 2013, 03:23:35 am
content: wow, that is low, -15dB at 6ghz.Nevermind an amp, you'd need a preamp too.

author: Rasz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 06, 2013, 07:37:28 am
content: Quote from: Pippy on August 05, 2013, 08:14:24 pmhahaha, no wayhaha, I just peed a littleeither my sarcasm detector is broken or they are indeed twins

author: garak
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2013, 03:11:46 pm
content: I'm sorry to resurrect a zombie thread, but I really had to add this. I looked at getting one of these recently, and the one massive dealbreaker is this:"HackRF can be used to transmit or receive radio signals. It operates in half-duplex mode: it can transmit or receive butcan't do both at the same time"(emphasis mine)That and the fact that it's USB 2.0. I decided to save my pennies and buy a USRP B200 when I can.This article is also worth a look.http://www.taylorkillian.com/2013/08/sdr-showdown-hackrf-vs-bladerf-vs-usrp.html