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Usage cautions

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Table of Contents

• Prevention
• SMA port
• Monitoring range
• Diagnostic
• Repair

⚠️ The LNA of HackRF is sensitive and can get damaged! ⚠️

Prevention

SMA port

• DO NOT swap the antenna while power is on.
• If you use an antenna that has an exposed metal part, DO NOT touch the antenna with you hands/body (Static electricity can damage the LNA).

Monitoring range

• You shouldn't receive near high power transmitters, even if it's not in the range that you are monitoring.

Diagnostic

• Try to listen to local radio. Try it with AMP both ON and OFF.
• Try to capture and replay a non-rolling-code. Try it with AMP both on and off.

Check more details about tx and rx issues.

Repair

How to replace the broken component

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User manual

• First steps
  • About firmwares
  • Redirections on this manual/project
• Usage cautions
• Intended use and Legality
• Features
• PortaPack Versions (which one to buy)
• HackRF Versions
  • Original GSG HackRF One
  • Clifford's-version
• Firmware update procedure
  • Updating the Xilinx CPLD on hackrf board
• Description of the hardware
  • Enclosure/cases
    • 3d printed enclosure
  • Internal speaker
  • SMD buttons and caps
  • Encoder knob
  • SMA Connector replacement or removal
• User interface
  • Splash screen
  • Title bar
  • Main menu
  • Main Controls
  • SD Card content and modification
  • Text Entry
• Powering the PortaPack
• Troubleshooting
  • Won't boot
  • Config Menu
  • Firmware upgrade
  • Diagnose firmware update in Windows
  • Receive Quality Issues
  • No TX/RX
  • TX Carrier Only
  • H2+ speaker modifications
  • Dead Coin Cell Battery
  • Factory Defaults
  • SD card not recognized by PC with the SD-card over USB selected
  • DFU overlay
  • Full reset
  • SolveBoard
  • How to Format SDCard
• Applications
  • Receivers
    • ADS-B
    • AFSK
    • AIS Boats
    • Analog TV
    • APRS
    • Audio
    • BLE RX
    • ERT Meter
    • Level
    • NRF
    • POCSAG
    • Radiosonde
    • Recon
    • Search
    • TPMS Cars
    • Weather/SubGhzD
    • Fox-Hunt
    • ProtoView
  • Transmitters
    • ADS-B(S)
    • APRS
    • BHT Xy/EP
    • BLE TX
    • Burger Pager
    • GPS Sim
    • Jammer
    • LGE Tool
    • Morse
    • OOK
    • OOK Editor
    • POCSAG
    • RDS
    • Soundboard
    • Spectrum Painter
    • SSTV
    • TEDI/LCR
    • TouchTunes
    • BLESpam
  • Capture
    • C16 Format
  • Replay
  • Remote
  • Scanner
  • Microphone Transceiver
  • Looking Glass
  • Utilities
    • Antenna length
    • File manager
    • Freq manager
    • Notepad
    • IQ Trim
    • SD over USB
    • Signal gen
    • Wav Viewer
    • Flash Utility
    • Wipe SD card
    • Pac-Man
    • WardriveMap
    • Random password
  • Settings
    • App Settings
    • Audio
    • Blacklist
    • Calibration
    • Touchscreen Threshold
    • Config Mode
    • Converter
    • Date/time
    • Encoder Dial
    • Freq. Correct
    • P.Mem Mgmt
    • QR code
    • Radio
    • User Interface
    • Brightness
    • Menu Color
  • Debug
    • Memory Usage
    • SD Card
    • Peripherals
    • Temperature
    • Buttons Test
    • Touch Test
    • P.Memory
    • Debug Dump
    • M0 Stack Dump
    • Fonts Viewer
    • Audio Test
  • HackRF Mode
  • USB Serial Console

Developer Manual

• Compilation of the firmware
  • Compile on WSL with ninja
  • How to compile on Windows faster with WSL 2
  • Using Docker and Kitematic
  • Docker command-line reference
  • Using Buddyworks and other CI platforms
  • Notes for Buddy.Works (and other CI platforms)
  • Using ARM on Debian host
  • All in one script for ARM on Debian host
  • Compile on Arch based distro (exclude Asahi)
  • Dev build versions
  • Notes About ccache
• Create a custom map
• Code formatting
• PR process
• Description of the Structure
  • At First Glance
  • Boot Process
  • Firmware Architecture
  • Persistent Memory
  • ChibiOS Notes
• Software Dev Guides
  • Code contribution rules
  • Create a Simple App
  • Building External Apps
  • Widgets
  • SD Card
  • Access Radio Hardware
  • Interpret Guru meditation crashes
  • Create a Complex App
  • Theme-system
  • Debug via SWD & JTAG
  • Debug with serial
  • I2C drivers
• Tools
  • make_airlines_db.py
  • make_icao24_db.py
  • world_map.bin
  • converter
  • Bitmap reverse decode
• Research
  • Dissecting the Temperature Logger
  • Differences between H1 and H2
• UI Screenshots
• Maintaining
  • Creating a prod/stable release (Maintainers only)
  • Maintaining rules
• Development States Notes
  • Work Needed (Future Enhancement Suggestions)
  • External App Roadmap
  • SD card

Hardware Hacks

• Repairs
  • Replace AMP
• Mods
  • Add GPIO TO H2
  • USB‐C charging modification for older HackRF boards

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