HackRF One arrived yesterday

[tylerwatt12]

I agree with Flatliner, it's open sourced hardware just like arduino. When you buy from china though, you have to pay close attention to the hardware components used, they're usually lower quality, and some of the ICs are counterfeit which may not have full compatibility or have reduced life.

Specifically with RF stuff, the Chinese designs may be missing RF filters that keep the input or output signal clean

 

[Flatliner]

Specifically with RF stuff, the Chinese designs may be missing RF filters that keep the input or output signal clean

Just like a lot of cheap PC power supplies that are floating around now, with big chunks of PCB with "missing" components.

 

[SCPD]

Why spend money on EMC if enforcement has become non-existent...

 

[Flatliner]

Funny you should post that, at exactly the time that I'm trying to phase out hash on MW.

If it wasn't for my noise cancellers, my SW days would have ended already.