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   From: jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com>
   From: Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>
   [1]wirelesswarrior@Safe-mail.net <[2]wirelesswarrior@Safe-mail.net>
   writes:
   >>For example, Ettus' USRPs, covering VHF to 6 GHz or so, starting
   under $1000,
   .>>that not long ago were in the $10,000s. The HackRF (which some have
   >>complained is little more than an IF strip) effectively covering down
   to
   >>below 10 Mhz is only $300 (though its performance, due to only 8-bit
   ADC, is
   >>not in the same league as the 16-bit USRPs). If some hardware hacker
   were to
   >>deliver a 14-16 bit ADC daughter board (there are afforadble chips
   offering
   >>up to 60M samples/sec) for the HackRF (it is provisioned to accept
   one) it
   >>could substantially improve its use.
   >The problem with the HackRF (and other USB-based devices) is the
   bandwidth of
   >the USB connection, it's not that the HackRF hardware can't handle it,
   it's
   >that you can't get that much data to the PC.
   >(I have a HackRF - I needed a cheap way to track down some odd RFI
   issues -
   >and it's a pretty cool piece of hardware for the money, but, as I
   mentioned
   >earlier, you do get what you're paying for.  If I could make a
   wishlist, it'd
   >be nice to have a rev.2 with some work done on the front- end...).
   Do you know anything about this model:
   [3]http://www.triarchytech.com/index.html   4, 6, 8, and 12 GHz units.
             Jim Bell

References

   1. mailto:wirelesswarrior@Safe-mail.net
   2. mailto:wirelesswarrior@Safe-mail.net
   3. http://www.triarchytech.com/index.html