[Hackrf-dev] HackRF-dev Digest, Vol 42, Issue 10

[McDonald, J Douglas]

In my opinion the HackRF receive is fairly poor because of the conflation
of two things:

only 8 bits

inadequately steep frequency skirt filters

This means there are spurious responses all over the place. 
These are really really a nuisance.

Also, the connections to the box are not well done: any serious RF device needs 
a full metal shield with all connections bonded to the box, not sticking
through holes. 

On the short wave bands I can get a usable signal from my amplified 
outside antenna by touching the shield of the RG6 coax to the input connector,
and the actual differential mode signal (center conductor versus shield) does not
fully swamp that. 


Doug McDonald

-----Original Message-----
Today's Topics:

   1. RTL-SDR For Hobbyist Comments About HackRF (O.T. Powell)
  >
> ?In the hard copy that I have of this book, it says that the HackRF RX
> capabilities aren't as good as the SDR Play or the BladeRF.  Is this
> because it only has a 8bit ADC??  Or is this information provided by the
> writer of the book perhaps incorrect or just an opinion?
>