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
