>>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...).