Great Scott Gadgets HackRF One

• 1 MHz to 6 GHz operating frequency
• half-duplex transceiver
• up to 20 million samples per second
• 8-bit quadrature samples (8-bit I and 8-bit Q)
• compatible with GNU Radio, SDR#, and more
• software-configurable RX and TX gain and baseband filter
• software-controlled antenna port power (50 mA at 3.3 V)
• SMA female antenna connector
• SMA female clock input and output for synchronization
• convenient buttons for programming
• internal pin headers for expansion
• Hi-Speed USB 2.0
• USB-powered
• open source hardware

HackRF One has an injection molded plastic enclosure and ships with a micro USB cable. An antenna is not included. We have found good results using the Diamond SRH-779.

HackRF One is test equipment for RF systems. It has not been tested for compliance with regulations governing transmission of radio signals. You are responsible for using your HackRF One legally.

Getting Started

The HackRF is aimed at the radio experimenter, examples of usage include but certainly not limited to: pen-testing, security, R&D, DAB Radio transmitter, General RX and so much more.. Instructions are clear and plentiful but there are some prerequisites you must understand or know of before you can get the best from these units.. 

1. The Manual found here: https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/wiki 
2. The Launch pad of choice, Pentoo, download and flash a pendrive with the latest version here:  http://pentoo.ch/download/
3. The Pentoo install guide can be found here:  https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LiveUSB/Guide
4. Video tutorials can be found here: https://greatscottgadgets.com/sdr/
5. Other Info here: https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/wiki/HackRF-One

Antenna Requirements

You will need an antenna of course, they do not ship with one, however there are two small telescopic versions, the ANT500 and the ANT700.  we also carry a wide range of antennas HF through to UHF Here.


technical information

Documentation is in the wiki or here

Source code and hardware design files are available in the latest release or in the git repository.

getting help

Before asking for help with HackRF, check to see if your question is listed in the FAQ or has already been answered in the mailing list archives.

For assistance with HackRF general use or development, please subscribe to the HackRF-dev mailing list. This is the preferred place to ask questions so that others may locate the answer to your question in the list archives in the future. Additionally, you may want to join us in the #hackrf IRC channel on freenode.