[Hackrf-dev] HackRF hardware problems

[indy747 at gmail.com]

Who did you ship it back to?  At this point I would like to ship back my 
defective unit for a refund as well.

On 11/26/2014 9:56 AM, ccrypti at nym.hush.com wrote:
> I shipped mine back, was DOA, at least got a refund but probably
> won't get my customs fee back and paid for the return shipping. I
> tried to contact Michael before i shipped it back but got only
> <crickets> back.
> Kind of disappointed with this, so i'm most likely going to save a
> budget for the USRP B200 or B210. But this time i'll check reviews
> and any issues first before throwing again money.
>
> Anyway, thanks to the good people on this list who provided advise
> / troubleshooting tips, appreciated !
>
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:41:24 +0100 "Paolo Mattiolo"
> <mattiolo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Doug for the informations,
>>
>> I was waiting for a unit but I removed the order yesterday in
>> favour of a
>> hermes-lite, that is closer to my needs.
>>
>> Now, after your quick review, I'm happy for my new choice.
>>
>> Paolo, IN3AQK
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 4:46 PM, McDonald, J Douglas
>> <jdmcdona at illinois.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Several people have complained with HackRF problems, worrying if
>> their
>>> unit is defective.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have the same worries. Mine clearly is nowhere near as good as
>>>
>>> the DVB dongles.  But it clearly works, no quibble. It works
>> both in
>>> SDR#/Windows and Gnuradio/GRC/Ubuntu.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But it is plagued by spurious spikes of near-CW stuff
>> everywhere, even
>>> up in the upper GHz areas where there should be essentially
>> nothing.
>>> It sees Wi-Fi fine ... but covered by these spurious carriers.
>> And
>>> many of them are DIFFERENT in SDR# and Gnuradio. And using both
>>>
>>> they are dependant, both in amplitude and frequency, on the
>>>
>>> gain settings at the low gain end as well as the high gain end.
>>>
>>> That dependance at the low gain end implies to me that its is
>>>
>>> incorrectly dithered or some software problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I bought it for the wide bandwidth for certain special purposes
>>>
>>> and it serves those purposes OK even in the presence of the
>> garbage.
>>> But for general use, its a plain, and expensive, joke.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Doug McDonald
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Paolo Mattiolo
>> Software developer
>>
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