Thank you for inviting us to learn with you. After watching a number of your videos trying to learn more things to do with my HackRF I've now decided to start at Episode 1 and work my way up. Keep up the informative content
Great video and content related to RF Wireless on your channel. Liked. Subbed. Smashed the bell. Looking forward to more verification of DIY RF products to convert to test and measurement equipment, like the HackRF One. Thanks for sharing your content in English. Very much appreciated. Keep up the good work with your channel.
Just the sort of content I've been looking for - on topic and on the level. I'm really interested in using the hackrf to assist me in drone communications and gps. I'm looking forward to watching all of your videos.
I'm really appreciating your content. Thanks for doing this, and please keep it up! How have you been enjoying Mayhem, when compared to Havoc? Have you had much luck performing a full spectrum sweep with Mayhem?
Thanks! The project Mayhem is basically an evolution of Havoc, so there are no (for the moment) big differences, just a few improvements. Regarding "full spectrum sweep". That was used using the computer, i.e., bypassing the portapack board and using just the plain HackRF board. So that no Mayhem/Havoc/Portapack firmware is involved.
Nice video. Wondering how you're able to display the measurement (black and white display) of the HP 8591E on your screen. Did you connect it to your pc? If so, through the parallel interface?
Thanks!! No, the HP 8591E has a composite video output port, which sends out the monitor signal. I receive it on my computer using a ~10usd usb dongle. Cheap but sufficiently ok for hobbyist purpose. Btw, I have several video on my HP 8591E and some of its ports/functionalities on the back, check them out :)
Hi Vincent! My SA has a BNC port on the back transmitting a composite-video PAL/NTCS signal! So I have connected that port to a cheap (10euro) USB-dongle that converts it to digital. This dongle is basically seen as a webcam by the computer, and I can import the video using the OBS software (which is what I use to make the youtube videos). I love my HP 8591E, and I think I will make a video about this feature (and others) because you are not the first to ask :) Do you also have a SA? 73
@@therfnoob7697 woaw fast answer! Yeah nice features! Ok i got you. I thought it was a special protocol or command line... that you where using. I spent many years playing with 859xx series. I actually have a 8594E home... modified with a board of 95E for the story... and a hp8753 for the NA measurment in complement of the nano VNA :) But i'm fetching my data using the GPIB port with python script (homemade). But i'm more interesting by getting the data with me to go instead of watching it! :) but you're trick is working fine! But now i understanding why the data are displaying do fast in such a old timers! Any plans for hamradio video in the future? It could be a great topics! Many thanks for your reply!
@@f4gvf thanks, wow you have nice gear :) Congratulations! I bought my equipment (including the SA) only a couple of months ago, after a few years of reading here and there. The SA especially is a great tool for learning! In the last 2 months I made a big knowledge step (I think). I am surely moving towards Ham Radio, that's my goal. But I want to get there slowly, step by step, understanding the electronics behind it (I don't want to just buy a radio and start using it).
@@therfnoob7697 perfect keep going in this direction! I'm sure you will be a great radioamateur! RF is a fantastic domain! You are in the perfect way of learning
LOVE the video! Subscribed for sure. Did you have trouble setting up QSpectrumAnalyzer? I've had a hell of a time getting it running on either Mac or Windows. Getting it STARTED seems easy enough, but I haven't been able to connect it to any input device - LimeSDR, RTL-SDR, or HackRF. Next step is to try inside a Ubuntu VM.
Thanks Alex! I only tried with Ubuntu, and it worked no problem. Don't know about Windows or macosx. However I have tried to do HackRF things within a Ubuntu VM (inside my macbook pro) and my general impression is that thing just don't work well (possibly due to some USB communication issues, I don't know). I suggest, if you can, to try with a real Ubuntu computer (if necessary use bootcamp on Macosx to dualboot)
@@therfnoob7697 Were you using VirtualBox? I know I've run into a lot of hit-and-miss USB device support. Some devices work perfectly, some fail in weird ways for no obvious reason. But that's good to know either way that you had trouble. I've also just come across DragonOS, so maybe my best bet is to try loading that and verify all the basics work out of the box with an RTL-SDR, then work up from there. Complicating matters, I'm worried my LimeSDR actually has a broken front end. Tough to diagnose when I've basically never gotten it to work reliably in the first place :)
@@AlexWhittemore I tried with VirtualBox and had terrible USB experience. Parallels Desktop (for MacOSX) works much better, imho, but still couldn't properly work with the HackRF. Sorry to hear about your LimeSDR. Do you suspect your LimeSDR has problems with RX or TX?
The RF Noob I only have even an inkling about RX, and if it does, it’s because I dropped a screw in there and shorted a 3.3v pin header to RF ground. If that’s all that shorted, I don’t THINK it should be dead. But because of all the software trouble, I can’t be sure.
@@AlexWhittemore Right. First fix the software. Then worry about possible damages. I have believed my HackRF was burned several times due to software problems. Fortunately the HackRF also has the portapack board which allows you to do basic stuff without any software, and you can easily check if things are broken or not.
Seria posible hacer un medidor de espectro con un hackrf one y un ordenador potente con linux ? Me refiero a un analizador de espectro con caracteristicas de uno comercial.
No I don't think so. HACKRF + Computer will never give you the performances of a modern (or old, like mine) professional spectrum analyzer. Even today, commercial SA cost more than 1000usd (the cheapest Rigol model) and can reach 20k usd or even more.
Pensi che utilizzando un filtro passa banda centrato sulla banda di interesse si riuscirebbe a migliorare la dinamica del sdr nell’utilizzo come analizzatore di spettro ?
Penso che un filtro aiuterebbe senz'altro. Detto questo, l'hackrf come Spectrum Analyzer non e' uno strumento serio/professionale. Ha un noise floor molto alto a cause degli 8bit di risoluzione. Ma per "dare un'occhiata" a cosa c'e' nell'aria, funziona!
HOW ARE YOU DOING THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO ON YOUR YOURTUBE CHANNEL I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT ONE THINK I HAVE A ELECTRO MAGNETIC EXPOSURE FROM WORK ENVIRONMENT AND I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO MEASURE THIS IS THIS IS SAFE OR I WOULD NEED TO USE SOME SAFETY MEASURMENTS ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD IT - AND HAVE A JOURNAL OF HOW MUCH EVERY DAY AND WHAT TIMES I HAVE THIS EXPOSURE ON AROUND THE AREA WOULD YOU RECOMMEND ALSO SOME SPECTRUM ANAYLZER AS WELL CONNECTED TO A EM METER THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU BEST
@@therfnoob7697 Great video, I am enjoying your channel. The standard antenna which comes with the HackRF is rated for up to 1.1GHz, how are you able to scan up to 6GHz in this video?
@@MartinInAmsterdam Ah, right. Yes, I did that to avoid comparing 'oranges' to 'apples'. Of course the HackRF as SA is *VEEEERY* basic indeed. :) Thanks!
Eh, c'hai ragione da vendere! Dovrei farli pure in italiano pero' il tempo e' limitato... Ovviamente il motivo di farli in inglese e che ci sono tanti hobbyisti fuori dall'italia e inoltre credo che ormai ci sia una grande fetta di italiani che parlano/capiscono alla buona l'inglese (come me) abbastanza da digerire comunque il contenuto.
@@therfnoob7697😁 per Fortuna il tuo inglese è molto più comprensibile di un madre lingua. Comunque sto per acquistare un portapack e prendevo informazioni. Grazie del video comunque.
true! My hackrf Tx amp is still alive after 3 months of many experiments, but I have fried the bias circuitry (that allows you to push 3V dc over the antenna line)
Also, I disagree that it "fails with normal use" but I agree that it is sensitive and you need to transmit on a load with good 50ohm impedance. For example, connecting the HackRF to an oscilloscope (1M ohm input) and transmit with the HackRF can fry the hackrf. See also my Episode 7: th-cam.com/video/QHq-JrolFiA/w-d-xo.html
@@therfnoob7697 Thanks for this. Mine failed and I never used it without an antenna. I think the least Great Scott Gadgets could do would be to supply the T-connector and dummy 50 ohm load as tou suggest with every hackrf plus a warning.
@@jemussi7842 yes, there should be more documentation and tutorials online, on the HackRF and other popular radio things. This is why I started this channel. I am defiintely not a PRO, I am just a hobbyist, but what I discover I like to share. Also because we are amateurs "on a budget" and it's not cool to damage equipment and lose the investment.
You shouldn't be transmitting if you aren't licenced. If you are licenced then you should know better. Not the manufacturers fault at all that you don't know what you are doing.
Thank you for inviting us to learn with you. After watching a number of your videos trying to learn more things to do with my HackRF I've now decided to start at Episode 1 and work my way up. Keep up the informative content
thanks Peter for the nice comment!
~220 Mhz is probably DAB radio. Thank you for these videos! And your signal around 1.2Ghz is probably the DC spike.
Thank you for this, and just wanna say that your English is quite good and easily understood by this native speaker!
Great video and content related to RF Wireless on your channel. Liked. Subbed. Smashed the bell. Looking forward to more verification of DIY RF products to convert to test and measurement equipment, like the HackRF One. Thanks for sharing your content in English. Very much appreciated. Keep up the good work with your channel.
Just the sort of content I've been looking for - on topic and on the level. I'm really interested in using the hackrf to assist me in drone communications and gps. I'm looking forward to watching all of your videos.
thanks! I appreciate very much!
excellent video :)
Love my hackRF.. I have a pile of SDRs, HackRF is awesome because of the TX functions. URH is great software too
Good start
I'm really appreciating your content. Thanks for doing this, and please keep it up! How have you been enjoying Mayhem, when compared to Havoc? Have you had much luck performing a full spectrum sweep with Mayhem?
Thanks! The project Mayhem is basically an evolution of Havoc, so there are no (for the moment) big differences, just a few improvements.
Regarding "full spectrum sweep". That was used using the computer, i.e., bypassing the portapack board and using just the plain HackRF board. So that no Mayhem/Havoc/Portapack firmware is involved.
I like your videos👍🏻
Y seria posible hacer osciloscopios o una vna ???
men That´s what i was looking for
Nice video. Wondering how you're able to display the measurement (black and white display) of the HP 8591E on your screen. Did you connect it to your pc? If so, through the parallel interface?
Thanks!! No, the HP 8591E has a composite video output port, which sends out the monitor signal. I receive it on my computer using a ~10usd usb dongle. Cheap but sufficiently ok for hobbyist purpose. Btw, I have several video on my HP 8591E and some of its ports/functionalities on the back, check them out :)
would you make a vid of the hackrf with 50 ohm closed antenna (short)
to see what signals the hrf produce itself?
sorry for my poor english!
thanks! good suggestion!
Material starts @00:47
Just a question What soft are you using to get real times data coming from your SA on a computer? Many thanks! Lot's of very interesting topics F4GVF
Hi Vincent! My SA has a BNC port on the back transmitting a composite-video PAL/NTCS signal! So I have connected that port to a cheap (10euro) USB-dongle that converts it to digital. This dongle is basically seen as a webcam by the computer, and I can import the video using the OBS software (which is what I use to make the youtube videos).
I love my HP 8591E, and I think I will make a video about this feature (and others) because you are not the first to ask :)
Do you also have a SA?
73
@@therfnoob7697 woaw fast answer! Yeah nice features! Ok i got you. I thought it was a special protocol or command line... that you where using. I spent many years playing with 859xx series. I actually have a 8594E home... modified with a board of 95E for the story... and a hp8753 for the NA measurment in complement of the nano VNA :) But i'm fetching my data using the GPIB port with python script (homemade). But i'm more interesting by getting the data with me to go instead of watching it! :) but you're trick is working fine! But now i understanding why the data are displaying do fast in such a old timers! Any plans for hamradio video in the future? It could be a great topics! Many thanks for your reply!
@@f4gvf thanks, wow you have nice gear :) Congratulations! I bought my equipment (including the SA) only a couple of months ago, after a few years of reading here and there. The SA especially is a great tool for learning! In the last 2 months I made a big knowledge step (I think).
I am surely moving towards Ham Radio, that's my goal. But I want to get there slowly, step by step, understanding the electronics behind it (I don't want to just buy a radio and start using it).
@@therfnoob7697 perfect keep going in this direction! I'm sure you will be a great radioamateur! RF is a fantastic domain! You are in the perfect way of learning
LOVE the video! Subscribed for sure. Did you have trouble setting up QSpectrumAnalyzer? I've had a hell of a time getting it running on either Mac or Windows. Getting it STARTED seems easy enough, but I haven't been able to connect it to any input device - LimeSDR, RTL-SDR, or HackRF. Next step is to try inside a Ubuntu VM.
Thanks Alex! I only tried with Ubuntu, and it worked no problem. Don't know about Windows or macosx. However I have tried to do HackRF things within a Ubuntu VM (inside my macbook pro) and my general impression is that thing just don't work well (possibly due to some USB communication issues, I don't know). I suggest, if you can, to try with a real Ubuntu computer (if necessary use bootcamp on Macosx to dualboot)
@@therfnoob7697 Were you using VirtualBox? I know I've run into a lot of hit-and-miss USB device support. Some devices work perfectly, some fail in weird ways for no obvious reason. But that's good to know either way that you had trouble. I've also just come across DragonOS, so maybe my best bet is to try loading that and verify all the basics work out of the box with an RTL-SDR, then work up from there. Complicating matters, I'm worried my LimeSDR actually has a broken front end. Tough to diagnose when I've basically never gotten it to work reliably in the first place :)
@@AlexWhittemore I tried with VirtualBox and had terrible USB experience. Parallels Desktop (for MacOSX) works much better, imho, but still couldn't properly work with the HackRF.
Sorry to hear about your LimeSDR. Do you suspect your LimeSDR has problems with RX or TX?
The RF Noob I only have even an inkling about RX, and if it does, it’s because I dropped a screw in there and shorted a 3.3v pin header to RF ground. If that’s all that shorted, I don’t THINK it should be dead. But because of all the software trouble, I can’t be sure.
@@AlexWhittemore Right. First fix the software. Then worry about possible damages. I have believed my HackRF was burned several times due to software problems. Fortunately the HackRF also has the portapack board which allows you to do basic stuff without any software, and you can easily check if things are broken or not.
Hello, do I have to physically remove the portapack to use just the HackRF with a computer?
Hello! No, the portapack has a bypass option. With this option it acts as a simple HackRF without having to physically remove the shield.
@@therfnoob7697 Perfect! Thank you so much for replying!🙏
Seria posible hacer un medidor de espectro con un hackrf one y un ordenador potente con linux ?
Me refiero a un analizador de espectro con caracteristicas de uno comercial.
No I don't think so. HACKRF + Computer will never give you the performances of a modern (or old, like mine) professional spectrum analyzer.
Even today, commercial SA cost more than 1000usd (the cheapest Rigol model) and can reach 20k usd or even more.
Pensi che utilizzando un filtro passa banda centrato sulla banda di interesse si riuscirebbe a migliorare la dinamica del sdr nell’utilizzo come analizzatore di spettro ?
Penso che un filtro aiuterebbe senz'altro. Detto questo, l'hackrf come Spectrum Analyzer non e' uno strumento serio/professionale. Ha un noise floor molto alto a cause degli 8bit di risoluzione. Ma per "dare un'occhiata" a cosa c'e' nell'aria, funziona!
@@therfnoob7697 si ho visto che ha un noise floor allucinante 😅
Pensi possa funzionare nell’analisi delle armoniche di un trasmettitore ?
@@Alberto_Alletto dipende, devi provare un po' :) ti becca le armoniche se esse sono molto alte (bad transmitter! :P)
@@therfnoob7697 👍
HOW ARE YOU DOING THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO ON YOUR YOURTUBE CHANNEL I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT ONE THINK
I HAVE A ELECTRO MAGNETIC EXPOSURE FROM WORK ENVIRONMENT AND I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO MEASURE THIS IS THIS IS SAFE OR I WOULD NEED TO USE SOME SAFETY MEASURMENTS
ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD IT - AND HAVE A JOURNAL OF HOW MUCH EVERY DAY AND WHAT TIMES I HAVE THIS EXPOSURE ON AROUND THE AREA
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND ALSO SOME SPECTRUM ANAYLZER AS WELL CONNECTED TO A EM METER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU BEST
E tanti saluti bro , Tanta robba , di dove sei vengo dalla Swiss
Is that a wideband antenna?
yes, the standard one that comes with the hackrf
@@therfnoob7697 Great video, I am enjoying your channel. The standard antenna which comes with the HackRF is rated for up to 1.1GHz, how are you able to scan up to 6GHz in this video?
You speak English better than most Americans!!!
If your HP resolution bandwidth is 3MHz you wlll probably be missing a lot of signals anyway.
My HP 8591E has a maximal resolution of 30Hz.
@@therfnoob7697 Indeed. But in the film it's set to 3MHz.
@@MartinInAmsterdam Ah, right. Yes, I did that to avoid comparing 'oranges' to 'apples'. Of course the HackRF as SA is *VEEEERY* basic indeed. :) Thanks!
Ma l'equivalente video in italiano no?
Eh, c'hai ragione da vendere! Dovrei farli pure in italiano pero' il tempo e' limitato... Ovviamente il motivo di farli in inglese e che ci sono tanti hobbyisti fuori dall'italia e inoltre credo che ormai ci sia una grande fetta di italiani che parlano/capiscono alla buona l'inglese (come me) abbastanza da digerire comunque il contenuto.
@@therfnoob7697😁 per Fortuna il tuo inglese è molto più comprensibile di un madre lingua. Comunque sto per acquistare un portapack e prendevo informazioni. Grazie del video comunque.
@@area51roby ho fatto qualche video sul portapack :) buon acquisto e divertimento!
Buyer beware! The hackrf Tx amp fails very easily even with normal use and they will not refund or repair/replace.
true! My hackrf Tx amp is still alive after 3 months of many experiments, but I have fried the bias circuitry (that allows you to push 3V dc over the antenna line)
Also, I disagree that it "fails with normal use" but I agree that it is sensitive and you need to transmit on a load with good 50ohm impedance. For example, connecting the HackRF to an oscilloscope (1M ohm input) and transmit with the HackRF can fry the hackrf. See also my Episode 7: th-cam.com/video/QHq-JrolFiA/w-d-xo.html
@@therfnoob7697 Thanks for this. Mine failed and I never used it without an antenna. I think the least Great Scott Gadgets could do would be to supply the T-connector and dummy 50 ohm load as tou suggest with every hackrf plus a warning.
@@jemussi7842 yes, there should be more documentation and tutorials online, on the HackRF and other popular radio things. This is why I started this channel. I am defiintely not a PRO, I am just a hobbyist, but what I discover I like to share. Also because we are amateurs "on a budget" and it's not cool to damage equipment and lose the investment.
You shouldn't be transmitting if you aren't licenced. If you are licenced then you should know better. Not the manufacturers fault at all that you don't know what you are doing.