[Hackrf-dev] Amp On or Off

[Chris Kuethe]

I leave it off unless I know I need it. And if I do need it, I put in a
filter - either a bandpass for the interesting stuff, or at least an
bandstop to squish the commercial FM band.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Tom <vsboost at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just curious to what people do with the amp, do you run it most of the
> time and not worry about frying it due to nearby transmitters? I’m in two
> minds as in I would like to use it as much as I can because it makes a huge
> difference, especially when driving and monitoring the ISM bands but at the
> same time I worry that a strong transmitter nearby might damage it, I mean
> is this really the case even though It might me few hundred mhz away from a
> strong transmitting station.
>
>
>
> I read one story where someone has destroyed the amp but that was because
> it was connected to a satellite dish or something like that (can’t remember
> the full story) are there any other cases where someone has destroyed the
> amp?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> HackRF-dev mailing list
> HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/hackrf-dev
>
>


-- 
GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist9.pair.net/pipermail/hackrf-dev/attachments/20150630/b1c1e4a9/attachment.html>