[Hackrf-dev] Sensitivity

Rich S richnsanders at gmail.com
Fri Apr 3 08:21:23 EDT 2015


Just for clarification, are you asking me or someone else for screenshots?

On 4/2/2015 6:53 PM, Tom wrote:
>
> This is indeed interesting, are you able to take some screen shots 
> comparing the two..
>
> Can any other owners confirm they get similar SNR between the two.
>
> On 2 Apr 2015 11:01 pm, Rich Sanders <richnsanders at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     I wonder if there is a manufacturing/consistency issue?  I find my
>     HackRF to be at least as sensitive as my RTL dongles.
>
>     Rich
>
>     On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Tom N <vsboost at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:vsboost at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Thanks Stefan,
>
>         Just needed to confirm this with others.
>
>         Completely understand that they are two different devices
>         built on different hardware etc.. etc.. but at the end of the
>         day receive performance is the one thing that really counts
>         when using SDR and if i can barley pick up a community radio
>         station on 151mhz that is only 10km away from me using the
>         hackrf with the ant500 but the signal screams in using the $12
>         dongle and the same antenna then that's not on.
>
>         If Mike ever considers a HackrfTWO please put receiver
>         sensitivity/SNR at the top of your priority.
>
>         Cheers
>
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 08:16:05 -0500
>         Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] Sensitivity
>         From: wageners at gmail.com <mailto:wageners at gmail.com>
>         To: vsboost at hotmail.com <mailto:vsboost at hotmail.com>
>
>         Yes, big time!
>
>         Stefan
>
>         On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Tom N <vsboost at hotmail.com
>         <mailto:vsboost at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Am I correct in saying that a rtl dongle is more sensitive
>             then the hackrf?
>
>             I have done many tests with different software, sdr#,
>             gqrx, sdr console and have tried every different gain
>             setting, samplerates, bands, but my conclusion is that the
>             SNR is better on the dongle.
>
>             Can other members please confirm their findings comparing
>             the two?
>
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