[Hackrf-dev] HackRF hardware problems

[ccrypti at nym.hush.com]

I shipped it back to Risc Corp who is one of the official 
resellers. They didn't have any in stock left as that was the last 
unit but they didn't give me a hard time and simply refunded the 
original amount.

On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:00:19 +0100 indy747 at gmail.com wrote:
>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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>>>
>>> -- 
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>>> Software developer
>>>
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