[Hackrf-dev] Hey, everybody

[Jonathan Guthrie]

Please allow me to introduce myself.  I'm Jonathan and I just bought a 
HackRF One with the intention of turning it into a software-defined 
transceiver for amateur radio use.  I figure that a power amplifier and 
T/R switch can't be all that hard (yeah, I know, "famous last words") 
and I'm a computer programmer at my day job so the software part is at 
least do-able.  The upshot is that I'm hoping that for a little bit (or 
a lot) of sweat equity, I can get an HF transceiver that is similar to 
commercial transceivers for a fraction of the cost.  That's the plan, 
anyway.  I'm certain it'll be educational.

By looking over the recent archives, I see that other people have tried 
to do similar things, which is good because it means that I don't have 
to start from complete scratch.

For a long time, I been using one of those TV dongles as a 
software-defined receiver to receive FM broadcast, 2m FM, and some 2m 
and 70cm SSB/CW signals from satellites, so I don't have to climb (much 
of) a learning curve to work with GRC.

So far, I've plugged my HackRF One in to my Linux laptop and have 
listened to some FM radio, and it seems to work.

At some point, I'm probably going to get another one so I can use it as 
a signal generator.  Lots of useful things you can do with a signal 
generator.

Anyway, that's me.  If I have any questions about how to proceed, I'll 
let you know.

-- 
Jonathan Guthrie
ARS KA8KPN