[Hackrf-dev] no reception

[Simon Kennedy]

Simon,

Usual RF best practice applies. Any reception will only be as good as the
antenna and its positioning.

My advice is for best reception is:
- use an external antenna
- get it as high as possible
- the antenna should be designed to operate at the frequency of reception
- make sure the SMA converter is the correct type, look up RP-SMA to find
out the difference. RP-SMA and SMA are not compatible.

You should be able to receive 2.4GHz WiFi signal from your router with a
WiFi antenna but only if you have the correct converter as I think the WiFi
standard is to use RP-SMA.

Install some software like gqrx so you can see the signals on the waterfall.

Hope this helps.
Regards
Simon.
On 6 Feb 2016 5:12 pm, "f4ck f4ck" <f4cket at outlook.com> wrote:

> I have the latest firmware, and im on osx. the software seems to be
> working fine but i get no reception on my hackrf one.
> i bought my unit from hong kong. now i have ordered ant 500 and anoher
> antenna and i hope it will work.
> the antenna im using is a wifi antenna with sma converter.
> can anyone give me some tips?
> best regards
> simon
>
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