[NLRS] HackRF One SDR Xcvrnsmit

[Doug Reed]

I'm wondering if anyone in the group has tried using a HackRF One as a
poor-man's microwave radio? It is spec'ed from 5MHz to 6GHz receive
and transmit as a SDR device. The TX side is barely 0dBm to -10dBm,
lowest in the high GHz range, but that is nothing a small chip amp
can't improve. It is an I/Q device which makes it "all mode" with the
right software. The main negative is that it is only an 8-bit device
so it has less than 50dB dynamic range which limits spectral purity.
It wouldn't be a high performance system, but it really sounds like
the low cost option to play with. But there is so much happening in
SDR that I needed to ask and to keep looking.....
<http://www.nooelec.com/store/hackrf-one.html>

In a similar class is the Lime SDR radio project. This will not be
delivered until the fall but it beats the HackRF because it has a
12-bit I/Q data handling. There is a comparison chart.
<https://www.crowdsupply.com/lime-micro/limesdr>

73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.