Re: [Hackrf-dev] HackRF-dev Digest, Vol 70, Issue 13

2018-06-26 Thread william hatch via HackRF-dev
Android phone/HackRF USB port experience I have used the SDRTouch and RF analyzer to interface with the RTLSDR ($12 analog TV tuner) and the HackRF. Both of these draw power heavily from the phone. For the SG3 and SG5 I replaced the stock batteries with heavy duty after market units available

Re: [Hackrf-dev] Still hoping for PTT

2018-06-26 Thread Dominic Spill
I'm not certain, because I don't want to break portapack or other add on boards, but it may be possible for us to toggle a GPIO pin on one of the headers when we switch to TX mode, if that would help? Dominic On 20 June 2018 at 17:55, Gavin Jacobs wrote: > Chuck, > I have used the bias-t

Re: [Hackrf-dev] Still hoping for PTT

2018-06-26 Thread Gavin Jacobs
Dominic Thanks for that offer/suggestion, but it’s already done! I found the TX mode signal that drives the TX LED, and it was already brought out to P5. So All I had to do was solder some ribbon cable to P5 socket (which is not populated). I have it connected to my power amp such that it

Re: [Hackrf-dev] Still hoping for PTT

2018-06-26 Thread Dominic Spill
It's possible that we could add an option for this, but I wouldn't want to make it the default because there are times when we don't want to turn it off when switching back to RX mode. Dominic On 26 June 2018 at 16:51, Chuck McManis wrote: > Or to put it differently, :-) If the HackRF would

Re: [Hackrf-dev] Still hoping for PTT

2018-06-26 Thread Chuck McManis
Or to put it differently, :-) If the HackRF would enable the ANT bias when it was transmitting then it would "just work" as they say. On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:18 AM Gavin Jacobs wrote: > Dominic > Thanks for that offer/suggestion, but it’s already done! I found the TX > mode signal that