[Hackrf-dev] How to verify hackrf is working

[Martin Smith]

Did you click on the gear wheel icon in SDR# (after clicking on the play
icon) and turn up the gains ?
( Best of leave the RF amplifier disabled, unless you live in the middle
of nowhere -
https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/wiki/HackRF-One#receive-power )

On 14/09/2016 01:35, Gavin Jacobs wrote:
> I have a new hackrf One and I can't get anything out of it. I am running Windows 10 (64 bit). I have it plugged into a USB port, it shows up in Device Manager. I ran the Zadig program to set the driver to WinUSB. I can see the device with hackrf_info, as follows:
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> C:\local\hackrf_tools>hackrf_info
> Found HackRF board.
> Board ID Number: 2 (HackRF One)
> Firmware Version: 2015.07.2
> Part ID Number: 0x005d475a 0x005d475a
> Serial Number: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x909864c8 0x343e0ecf
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> and here is the output from hackrf_transfer:
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> C:\local\hackrf_tools>hackrf_transfer -r rx_file -f 107700000 -n 100000000
> call hackrf_sample_rate_set(10000000 Hz/10.000 MHz)
> call hackrf_baseband_filter_bandwidth_set(9000000 Hz/9.000 MHz)
> call hackrf_set_freq(107700000 Hz/107.700 MHz)
> samples_to_xfer 100000000/100Mio
> Stop with Ctrl-C
> 19.9 MiB / 1.001 sec = 19.9 MiB/second
> 19.9 MiB / 1.000 sec = 19.9 MiB/second
> 20.2 MiB / 1.001 sec = 20.2 MiB/second
> 19.9 MiB / 1.000 sec = 19.9 MiB/second
> 19.9 MiB / 1.000 sec = 19.9 MiB/second
> 20.2 MiB / 1.001 sec = 20.2 MiB/second
> 19.9 MiB / 1.000 sec = 19.9 MiB/second
> 19.9 MiB / 1.001 sec = 19.9 MiB/second
> 20.2 MiB / 1.001 sec = 20.2 MiB/second
> 19.9 MiB / 1.001 sec = 19.9 MiB/second
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> Exiting... hackrf_is_streaming() result: HACKRF_ERROR_STREAMING_EXIT_CALLED (-1004)
> Total time: 10.00949 s
> hackrf_stop_rx() done
> hackrf_close() done
> hackrf_exit() done
> fclose(fd) done
> exit
> The rx LED came on while receiving.
>
> So far so good, but when I try to receive an FM broadcast (107.7 MHz) station with SDR#, I get:
> - static on the speakers
> - a big spike on the frequency display, but not much else; the spike goes away if I click on "Correct IQ"
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> I also tuned to a ham narrowband FM frequency 147.42 MHz and then transmitted with my handheld. I could see an increase in the rf power, but still no audio (just static).
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> Any suggestions welcome.
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> Jake
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