[Hackrf-dev] HackRF-dev Digest, Vol 44, Issue 10
O.T. Powell
otpowell at gmail.com
Fri Jun 17 06:57:31 EDT 2016
Hi guys, does hack RF work with RF cat or
No? The HackRF command line interface It does basically the same thing as
RF cat doesn't it?
On Friday, June 17, 2016, <hackrf-dev-request at greatscottgadgets.com> wrote:
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> 1. Re: HackRF Install in Kali Linux 2.0 (O.T. Powell)
> 2. Re: HackRF Install in Kali Linux 2.0 (Adam Blanquart)
> 3. Re: HackRF Install in Kali Linux 2.0 (Dominic Spill)
> 4. Rx Performance new user (Gregory Ratcliff)
> 5. Re: Rx Performance new user (Cinaed Simson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:31:22 -0400
> From: "O.T. Powell" <otpowell at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> To: Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> Cc: "hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com <javascript:;>"
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> Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] HackRF Install in Kali Linux 2.0
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> Ok, thank you very much Dominic!
>
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
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> > On 29 April 2016 at 00:37, O.T. Powell <otpowell at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Can someone please tell me how to install the HackRF in Kali Linux? I
> > need step by step or a good webpage that explains it. Do I need to
> install
> > pybombs? I found this info below but perhaps it's incomplete?
> >
> > I wrote some sample instructions on a GitHub issue a few days ago and I'm
> > waiting for them to be verified before we update the wiki. If you'd like
> > to give them a try, they can be found here:
> > https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/issues/253#issuecomment-215325327
> >
> > These instructions use pybombs, which I'm not entirely happy with when it
> > comes to installing the packages globally (i.e. /usr/local) as it makes
> > some assumptions about the system which I am not sure are always valid.
> >
> > Alternatively you could use Ubuntu or the GNURadio live distro (based on
> > Ubuntu) which make things a little simpler. For example, Ubuntu still
> has
> > packages for hackrf, gnuradio and gqrx in the repositories; I have no
> idea
> > why Kali doesn't have them available to install.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dominic
> >
> >
>
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:15:25 -0700
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> Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] HackRF Install in Kali Linux 2.0
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> That's odd - I find my hackRF works great with out of the box Kali 2.0. I
> don't believe you have to perform the rmmod hackrf anymore, as long as you
> have updated your hackRF's firmware and CPLD versions to the latest
> versions. That being said, I've always run into issues installing gnuradio
> via pybombs on Kali. I've found it much easier to download the source and
> build. I'll try out the install procedure you've come up with as well,
> Dominic.
>
> Thanks,
> ablanquart / overflow
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > On 29 April 2016 at 00:37, O.T. Powell <otpowell at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Can someone please tell me how to install the HackRF in Kali Linux? I
> > need step by step or a good webpage that explains it. Do I need to
> install
> > pybombs? I found this info below but perhaps it's incomplete?
> >
> > I wrote some sample instructions on a GitHub issue a few days ago and I'm
> > waiting for them to be verified before we update the wiki. If you'd like
> > to give them a try, they can be found here:
> > https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/issues/253#issuecomment-215325327
> >
> > These instructions use pybombs, which I'm not entirely happy with when it
> > comes to installing the packages globally (i.e. /usr/local) as it makes
> > some assumptions about the system which I am not sure are always valid.
> >
> > Alternatively you could use Ubuntu or the GNURadio live distro (based on
> > Ubuntu) which make things a little simpler. For example, Ubuntu still
> has
> > packages for hackrf, gnuradio and gqrx in the repositories; I have no
> idea
> > why Kali doesn't have them available to install.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dominic
> >
> >
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:50:34 -0700
> From: Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> To: Adam Blanquart <ablanquart at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> Cc: "hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com <javascript:;>"
> <hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com <javascript:;>>
> Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] HackRF Install in Kali Linux 2.0
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> On 16 June 2016 at 10:15, Adam Blanquart <ablanquart at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > That's odd - I find my hackRF works great with out of the box Kali 2.0.
> I
> > don't believe you have to perform the rmmod hackrf anymore, as long as
> you
> > have updated your hackRF's firmware and CPLD versions to the latest
> > versions.
>
> The work around for the rmmod issue was included in the 2015.07.R1
> release, so anything since then shouldn't suffer from the problem.
>
> > That being said, I've always run into issues installing gnuradio
> > via pybombs on Kali. I've found it much easier to download the source
> and
> > build. I'll try out the install procedure you've come up with as well,
>
> I'm not as convinced about pybombs being the right way to install GNU
> Radio as I was when I wrote those instructions six weeks ago.
>
> At this point, I think I'm just going to recommend whatever the GNU
> Radio project suggests as the best method to install their software
> and try to make it easy for HackRF to fit around that.
>
> Dominic
>
> > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 29 April 2016 at 00:37, O.T. Powell <otpowell at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Can someone please tell me how to install the HackRF in Kali Linux? I
> >> > need step by step or a good webpage that explains it. Do I need to
> install
> >> > pybombs? I found this info below but perhaps it's incomplete?
> >>
> >> I wrote some sample instructions on a GitHub issue a few days ago and
> I'm
> >> waiting for them to be verified before we update the wiki. If you'd
> like to
> >> give them a try, they can be found here:
> >> https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/issues/253#issuecomment-215325327
> >>
> >> These instructions use pybombs, which I'm not entirely happy with when
> it
> >> comes to installing the packages globally (i.e. /usr/local) as it makes
> some
> >> assumptions about the system which I am not sure are always valid.
> >>
> >> Alternatively you could use Ubuntu or the GNURadio live distro (based on
> >> Ubuntu) which make things a little simpler. For example, Ubuntu still
> has
> >> packages for hackrf, gnuradio and gqrx in the repositories; I have no
> idea
> >> why Kali doesn't have them available to install.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Dominic
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:06:51 -0400
> From: Gregory Ratcliff <nz8r at att.net <javascript:;>>
> To: "hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com <javascript:;>"
> <hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com <javascript:;>>
> Subject: [Hackrf-dev] Rx Performance new user
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> Hackrf users,
>
> Anyone with both rtl and hackrf, have you found the Rx performance of your
> hackrf compares to an rtl on say wideband fm broadcast and VHF narrowband
> on 150 and 450 MHz?
>
> I'm just starting initial testing and proving out the hardware and
> gnuradio systems.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 21:23:08 -0700
> From: Cinaed Simson <cinaed.simson at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> To: hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] Rx Performance new user
> Message-ID: <bee25344-4499-4db8-5228-41442242a9f6 at GMail.COM>
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>
> If you configure the HackRF with the same bandwidth and sampling rate as
> the RTL dongle - roughly 2.5 Mbytes/sec, you should find they perform
> the same below 1.2 GHz.
>
> In order to determine if you have enough CPU power to drive the HackRF
> at 10 Mbytes/sec or higher, type
>
> hackrf_transfer -r /dev/null (Linux)
> hackrf_transfer -r NUL (Windows)
>
> The number of bytes/sec should be equal to 2*sampling_rate.
>
> If it's less, reduce the sampling rate, e.g.,
>
> hackrf_transfer -r /dev/null -s 5000000
> hackrf_transfer -r NUL -s 5000000
>
> - poke around until you find your maximum sampling rate.
>
> See the tutorials on the HackRF at
>
> https://greatscottgadgets.com/sdr
>
> Until you finish the SDR course, keep your RF gain = 0.
>
> -- Cinaed
>
>
> On 06/16/2016 07:06 PM, Gregory Ratcliff wrote:
> > Hackrf users,
> >
> > Anyone with both rtl and hackrf, have you found the Rx performance of
> your hackrf compares to an rtl on say wideband fm broadcast and VHF
> narrowband on 150 and 450 MHz?
> >
> > I'm just starting initial testing and proving out the hardware and
> gnuradio systems.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
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