On 07/10/2017 09:48 PM, Andrew Rich wrote: > With my hack rf I have three sliders > > Rf gain
The RF gain should be set to 0 while receiving to avoid smoking your RF amplifer. > Lna gain IF gain - recommend starting point is 24. > VGA gain BB gain - eommaned starting point is 30. Typically increased gain implies increased noise. -- Cinaed > > If you set one of these to like a 1 it goes deaf > > It varies between programs too > > Some have base band gain > > I can make mine deaf > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 11 Jul 2017, at 2:36 pm, Jerry <jster...@att.net > <mailto:jster...@att.net>> wrote: > >> Yes it does. I have it working on GNU radio companion. Tonight I >> found one station… with or without averaging set and using the >> default flowchart in Mike’s website tutorial – background is about -80 >> dB and I can finally see and see some FM signals. With 10MHz span >> (95-105 MHz) I see a wide broad signal extending from about 98.5 to >> 101.5 MHz with some signal spikes riding on top to about -55dB. >> >> >> >> Jerry >> >> >> >> *From:* vk4...@tech-software.net <mailto:vk4...@tech-software.net> >> [mailto:vk4...@tech-software.net] >> *Sent:* Monday, July 10, 2017 7:01 PM >> *To:* 'Jerry Stern' <jster...@att.net <mailto:jster...@att.net>>; >> hackrf-dev@greatscottgadgets.com <mailto:hackrf-dev@greatscottgadgets.com> >> *Subject:* RE: [Hackrf-dev] Is my new (old) HackRF Deaf? >> >> >> >> Does SDR# find and run the hack RF ? >> >> >> >> *From:* HackRF-dev [mailto:hackrf-dev-boun...@greatscottgadgets.com] >> *On Behalf Of *Jerry Stern >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 July 2017 6:54 AM >> *To:* hackrf-dev@greatscottgadgets.com >> <mailto:hackrf-dev@greatscottgadgets.com> >> *Subject:* [Hackrf-dev] Is my new (old) HackRF Deaf? >> >> >> >> Is my HackRF deaf? I am a ham radio hobbyist and I bought a HackRF >> One to enhance my deeper learning of SDR but also as a broadband RF >> source. To my dismay, installing the software has become days of >> learning Ubuntu basics and dealing with instructions that are at times >> outdated or nuanced towards a person with much more than basic Linux >> skills. So, I gave up on Ubuntu only because it was faster for me to >> install and test with Windows 7. My HackRF One (GreatScott) must >> have been a leftover as the firmware was dated 2014(August). I >> installed the latest version HackRF tools and updated the firmware to >> Feb 2017. I followed Mike's video tutorial for creating a basic GNU >> flow for FM and also installed SDR#. I have very strong FM broadcast >> stations in my area which I can easily demodulate with my Rigol >> Spectrum analyzer using the ANT500. However both with GNU and SDR# my >> HackRF appears deaf in FM broadcast mode. I read that a few years >> back there may have been some issues with cold solder joints on the >> HackRF pcb.... I have a lot of test equipment - from RF generators up >> to 2 GHz, etc but before I go that route is there something I am >> perhaps missing in my setup. Not sure where or what details to >> provide here without overloading my question further >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Jerry >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> > > > _______________________________________________ > HackRF-dev mailing list > HackRF-dev@greatscottgadgets.com > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev > _______________________________________________ HackRF-dev mailing list HackRF-dev@greatscottgadgets.com https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev
