[Hackrf-dev] HackRF DX 100Km on 1296.1

[Dominic Spill]

On 24 September 2015 at 00:20, Scott Davis <scottk5ta at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It’s odd that people interested in RX-only would spend the extra money
> instead of getting an RTL or FCD or AirSpy or SDRPlay or….

I think that there are a lot of users transmitting with HackRF, but
even for RX only there are a number of factors that go in to choosing
hardware which may have lead to picking HackRF.  The main ones that I
can think of are frequency range and bandwidth, but there are plenty
more.

> On Sep 23, 2015, at 4:59 PM, Toth, Gregory S <gregory.s.toth at boeing.com>
> wrote:
>
> I assume that even without a license, it is ok to use a 50 ohm coax cable to
> connect the Hack RF antenna jack directly to the input of an appropriate
> receiver? Probably could use an inline attenuator just in case.
>
> From: HackRF-dev [mailto:hackrf-dev-bounces at greatscottgadgets.com] On Behalf
> Of C Crane
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 1:58 PM
> To: Chuck McManis
> Cc: hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com; Dana Shtun
> Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] HackRF DX 100Km on 1296.1
>
> Perhaps so. It just surprised me that there wasn't more overall interest. I
> thought there would be more people playing with different modes and what
> not. I guess I incorrectly assumed most of those with an interest in RF
> would also probably be licensed.
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Chuck McManis <chuck.mcmanis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 2:39 PM, C Crane <ccrane148 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, nobody seems too interesting in transmitting.
>
> I think that is unfair. Perhaps it is more accurate that the Majority
> of HackRF owners are not licensed to transmit, and so they don't.
> Because there is tremendous value and fun to be had just on the
> receiving side.
>
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