HackRF 101 : Everything You Need to Know to Get Started!

Today we're diving into the VAST universe that is the HackRF with Portapack!! We go over all of the absolute basics so you'll know how to install new Mayhem firmware, gather the best SD card files, and learn how all of the buttons and icons work!
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[@sn0ren]

nom nom 🫨

[@TalkingSasquach]

hey, I can't make a HackRF video without at least one sn0ren Easter Egg!

[@ternocimadh5863]

@@TalkingSasquach & thats the reason why we

[@zissler1]

mom nom translates to name name

[@albertomatos5843]

@@TalkingSasquach where can i buy that cover ?????? plzzz

[@-someone-.]

Great vid as always, I love your editing 🤩

[@quarkuno]

Arrived yesterday mine, right in time!! LG

[@godjhaka7376]

I like that you're a newbie helping other newbies. And it's making you money

[@philswede]

Greetings from Sweden! Going to get my Hrf1 and with PH at noon🎉 And you, Sir, just got yourself a new subscriber 😊

[@Underscore182]

Got mine been wanting to get one for years. I got my technician license a few years ago and meaning to get general for a year. I've seen a lot of people in the ham discords talk about them too as extra tools. Seems like a great mixture of hacking and radio. Can't wait to learn alongside you.

[@Meganano]

had my hackrf for over a year and not done much with it just replay attack on my own van lol i got the portapack h2 delivered today so im glad i found this series ! will dive deeper into it tomorrow thank you❤

[@waxpen8246]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE !!!!!

[@TalkingSasquach]

Thanks! I'm trying my best to make a really easy to follow guide. I just finished filming 102 and it should be out in a couple weeks!

[@defalt7651]

I was skeptical of getting the hackrf because I know almost nothing of its functions, now im considering buying it and carefully use it, following the series.

[@TalkingSasquach]

I plan on being one of the most beginner friendly intro to the HackRF!

[@defalt7651]

@@TalkingSasquach I appreciate you a lot for this!

[@CULTSMITH247]

Very civils . Bless technology and engineer. Else are just overtime not useful system.

[@godjhaka7376]

​@@CULTSMITH247can you translate that to English?

[@Bigdabs420]

@@CULTSMITH247 yea what are you saying

[@skylerrastavan6158]

Heck yeah. Stoked on this series.

[@TalkingSasquach]

We'll just keep getting deeper and deeper into it!

[@eliddell1]

Sweet up and running can't wait til 102 and beyond

[@DirtyPlumbus]

This will be fun and I'm sure I'll learn something. I've already done quite a vit with mine, including updates when I saw new useful extensions came out. Bought mine of ebay taking the risk on clones paid off.

[@Global_News_UK]

Couldn't wait for the video to drop

[@cosmic2x472]

Looking forward top this one!!!! I got mine about a month ago

[@DirtyPlumbus]

Potentially useful for others, I use an headphone jack speaker with mine when I want to listen to....stuff. They're fairly cheap and don't require any modifications.

[@Mister.BreadBoard]

Sweeeeet ❤️ I've always want to know how hackrf works. Looking forward to the next videos 👍👍👍

[@TalkingSasquach]

More to come!

[@1kr1sb]

Been wanting one of these for a long time but never bought one. Severely tempted still. What I NEED 😂 is a tutorial on these case and all the things you’re doing to them. I’ve never seen cases like these or for the flipper being made so can we get a seperate video series on those? I’ve got a Creality K1 - the direct competitor to your Bambu 😅

[@Zerodoesskits]

Great channel! Keep up the great work!

[@xaviercorella]

Hey man, I dont know if you have said this before, but what filaments do you use for the cases? the way the shiny ones look is amazing and your translucent looks dope, is it PETG? I am looking to replicate the look with my own designs!

[@TalkingSasquach]

It's translucent PETG from Bambu Lab and one of the holographic plates from Ali Express. I want to get one that doesnt have the holographic but is still that smooth

[@xaviercorella]

@@TalkingSasquach yeah! I got a bunch of those plates, the carbon fiber textured one is really nice tbh. If you find one that’s just smooth without the sparkle let me know! Also what about the shiny text? Like the one you did for Awoks boards? Those look very nice

[@TalkingSasquach]

those are a right pain in the ass to print. Those were made with Hatchbox Transparent PLA and some other PLA colors. They have a like 40% success rate if you do everything right (like changing bed temps for different filaments on the first layer)

[@xaviercorella]

@@TalkingSasquach yeah I might just skip them lol, but they seem sick man, love your case designs let me know if you ever make them public! Would love to print one at least as homage

[@JoshuaGilletteraccoon]

so when i downloaded and installed rocket gods replay attacks, i am not seeing any contents in the folder on the hack rf. any ideas what I might be doing incorrectly? any input is appreciated.

[@ergonomiczero2228]

Looking forward to part 2! Will that be coming out any time soon?

[@TalkingSasquach]

Its out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5WxinmrfdqWnNk

[@TheIsRealLights]

At 8:40 is there a way to make that background your desktop wallpaper?? I must know and where can I find that image/gif/moving art lmao

[@khalstead3]

Heck yes! I sold my flipper and grabbed a couple HackRF porta packs. So glad you’re doing these videos now! Edit: for some reason KZbin keeps deleting my replies below. I should’ve clarified. I purchased one hack RF but it had a defect where it only powers on in standalone mode about 60% of the time. The seller sent me a replacement free of charge and let me keep the other unit so I can use it when it’s plugged into power or some of the time when it’s running on battery. The flipper is cool but I just had no use for it. I am a Ham Radio operator so I’m far more interested in using the SDR to listen to short wave and to track airplanes/aprs and such. I’m excited for these videos to learn more about the functionality that I didn’t buy it for because some of it may be fun to mess around with anyway.

[@TalkingSasquach]

Solid investment!

[@funkymonk2254]

Are You saying You bought two hackrfs and don’t know how to use one? I’m calling BS on this one.😂

[@khalstead3]

@@funkymonk2254 ha ha. I’ve got a basic understanding. I’m a Ham Radio operator so my primary interest is using it as a portable SDR to listen to short wave radio, pick up airplanes and look at the radio spectrum. That being said it would be great to get a series of videos deep diving into the platform because I’m sure there’s a lot I’m missing. It’s working pretty great for listening but I’m definitely interested in finding out what else it has to offer.

[@khalstead3]

@@funkymonk2254 weird. I replied to this earlier but seems like it never posted. I’m a Ham Radio operator so my interest in the hack RF is more from a listening and observing standpoint. I’ve learned how to use it for listening to radio, pulling in ARS and tracking airplanes but I’m sure there’s a lot of functionality I’m missing out on so far, so I’m excited to learn more. I’m sure I won’t be able to resist the urge to do a little authorized Wi-Fi jamming or Bluetooth spamming for very long. And I actually only bought one. The first one I ordered has an issue where it intermittently won’t turn on after cycling the power off so the seller shipped me a new unit. The other one works every now and then, and I’m going to try to troubleshoot the problem so I can end up with two fully functional units.

[@godjhaka7376]

@khalstead3 why did you decide to buy 2 SDRs (HackRF) with only 1 transmit 1 receive port and can only do one at a time, when you could buy one superior to HackRF with 2 tx 2 rx and can simultaneously send and receive? (Though you prob don't know the use for that) Guess you'll be selling the hackRfs too one day to afford something else lol. Me I just keep all the toys as money is beyond easy to circulate.

[@IamUrLeader]

Damn super awesome case you made, tha ks for the video!!!

[@julianlockhart1959]

was watching your guide for F0 and thanks for your help. your video were a lot helpful.. now like you i got 1 hackrf and i am at the same stage as you, i tested kinda all the apps, but the device seems has weak power

[@AsboFPV]

Always always have an antenna on when a TX is powered, it will and do often fry the internal transmitter, the antenna is used to get rid of that energy Even a couple seconds without an antenna can be enough to fry it

[@valheruguild]

Yes!

[@pm1Chh]

Now only thing left for you to cover is the quansheng uv-k5 with egzumer firmware.

[@kursadzeybek356]

There is KeyFop in the new v2.0 menu (Transmit>KeyFob). But only Subaru's key data is available. Where can I find data for other brands?

[@balkaraulakh5131]

Hmm I was thinking of getting the clone as a stepping stone or spending the same for the original but of a more powerful transmitter. However the higher powered sdr's dont seem so user friendly with easy ui

[@Land_of_Goshen]

did somebody compared with aliexpress ones?? i have chinese Hackrfone with chinese portapack h1 but shoud i buy great scott gadget version too? is that better? sometimes i think my is not so sensitive,,its only works in my room.Some people says cant do transmit and receive above 4,5ghz.Chinese changed pcb design.

[@Olibaby]

He has the AliExpress one I’m pretty sure

[@Crunchypnutbutter]

Love playing with my portapack

[@TalkingSasquach]

It's a lot of fun!

[@samuraidriver4x4]

As someone that tinkered alot as a ham those antenna frequency ranges are hilarious. I bet the SWR is not even close in the advertised ranges so transmitting is going to be really bad compared to a tuned antenna anyway. Is that knife even legal in Canada?😮😂 But informative video again, your really good in making these tutorials.

[@eliddell1]

No one seems to love Nuand's BladeRF .. which can transmit and receive at the same time.. do we have plans for a blade-RF 101 ?

[@arntodd2322]

If I replace micro card for faster then tool will faster also becouse its on that card? … and does Hacker update from the site?

[@grc_whale1304]

So do you not need the Hack RF to go with the Portapack? Can you just buy the portapack?

[@RiPnHaMm3r]

As a Canadian, I dream of the day that all North Americans have the ability to access electronics. Won’t someone please think of the children!

[@KenRick2010]

Ordered mine at Banggood

[@He-Haw]

Let us know where to pick up the 3.5mm input speaker.🤷🏻‍♂️

[@seriusdogma4831]

I'm envisioning a terminator/fallout esc future in which this is the grandfather of the pipboy and John Conners secret weapon against the machines!

[@brot9498]

Do you make a video about the flipper zero game module ? ❤❤❤

[@TalkingSasquach]

Next Sunday, mine comes in on Wednesday!

[@brot9498]

Thanks 👍@@TalkingSasquach

[@bryant1815]

That goosebumps shirt 🔥🔥🔥

[@shemarrobinson1712]

hey i noticed the firmware doesn’t have jammer anymore can you show how to download old firmware to get this option?

[@Olibaby]

I think it got renamed

[@rotsling]

hey good timing im picking one up when i get paid.

[@TalkingSasquach]

Hell yeah! I just finished filming the next video!

[@notsrynot]

I ordered from canada a few months ago and everything was fine. Maybe now its a no go?

[@Olibaby]

Ordered one couple weeks ago it cleared customs

[@Thadopeera]

This was an awesome idea..

[@TalkingSasquach]

I thought so!

[@ivyx1786]

just watched super troopers this morning because i saw a scene on someone elses vid yesterday

[@modder_x_3425]

Bro I have a question anytime I upload a video with the word, hack or hacking it gets taken down because of community guidelines. What advice can you give me? I see a lot of your videos have those words in it and tips?

[@TalkingSasquach]

You need good disclaimers. Plus, KZbin tells you exactly why they pulled your video

[@CalebEdwardsMaskCasper]

got a no sd card on the hackr cant get it to see anyhitng on the sd card but when i go to usb sd card i can see everythign anyone else have this fix this?

[@CalebEdwardsMaskCasper]

i figured it out the sd card was to big in size 64gb so i went smaller 8 gb and it worked

[@Hex-Mas]

Hackrf Pre amps still killing itself over the slightest use?

[@NOOBKRISH]

I have one thanks for this guide

[@jamesparker1839]

You should totally use that old Batman sound effect more

[@TalkingSasquach]

I'm just mad I never thought to use it before!

[@JamesElmquist]

why is the Ali Express one so much less expensive then any of the other ones on amazon n stuff

[@Bigdabs420]

Buying direct instead of a middleman?

[@JamesElmquist]

@@Bigdabs420 anyone named big dabs 420 deserves respect so I’ll blindly accept that. It’s just strange because why wouldn’t “the source” have a website

[@yanisrabah4782]

Hack rf is 🔥🔥

[@TalkingSasquach]

Hell yeah it is!

[@sankxhhg5]

am i going the wrong direction using flipper. i gotta upgrade now?

[@TalkingSasquach]

Wrong direction? Not at all, this is just a different direction!

[@PhilieBlunt666]

To my understanding this device is similar to a flipper but more focused on what it does

[@sankxhhg5]

@@TalkingSasquach thanks goodness. i just got into the wifi dev board land

[@linarish]

cool!

[@nonactive3654]

I have the original and got stuff with finding software to run it on a laptop with the pentoo os

[@urbezzubka]

Can you please make a video about the new flipper zero video game cotroler?

[@TalkingSasquach]

Just got mine in the mail today, I'll be doing the video on Sunday

[@urbezzubka]

@@TalkingSasquach thanks So much!!! I ordered mine but i dont know anything about it 🤣

[@lordRocketGod]

😎🤘

[@dillanmistry]

The goat!!

[@natertatert0t]

Please make a video on the m5stickc plus, I downloaded marauder and tried to do a targeted deauth and it didn’t work. Untargeted works fine though idk what to do abt it

[@birkolini1855]

What website should i order from ?

[@dannyboycalifornia]

It’s in the description

[@lucaslothbrook5388]

Please can you explain the difference between the aliexpress HackRF and the HackRF from Great Scott Gadgets? Are these chinese versions the same thing? they are so much cheaper

[@KrisPrice]

I have both versions. And I can tell ya... It is safe to save some money here. But if you're in a position I would recommend supporting Great Scott. The knock offs also have really crappy encoders (the dial mechanism) it will eventually need to be replaced. Which requires soldering skills.

[@bnk28zfp]

🎉🎉🎉

[@hesmo_smm]

nice vid. when comes the next vid?

[@zR_CrackiiN]

YOLO

[@MyTube4Utoo]

"Give her the ol' poke." (That's what he said)

[@ErrantDookie]

Wow the price of these portapacks seems to have drastically come down in the last few months.

[@notsrynot]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

[@TheDroneOperator.]

Mac fan?

[@BrandonLeeSang]

I very much appreciate you because this has to be the one device I don’t know how to do crap with 😂😂😂😂

[@thesoulsender]

wondering if I should grab a hackrf before canada bans them too... (if they arent already :/ )

[@Olibaby]

I bought one couple days ago will let you know if it goes through the border (from aliexpress)

[@thesoulsender]

@@Olibaby that would be wicked, thank you.

[@Olibaby]

@@thesoulsenderupdate since we last spoke mine cleared customs today 🎉

[@chris12x1]

can you provide your splash screen???

[@TalkingSasquach]

ping me in the discord and I can send it your way!

[@james-rr4dw]

To all the new buyers of the hackrf!!. Be sure to purchase the Clifford Heath Version of the hackrf one! Or you will risk blowing your internal amp veru fast. The clifford heath version has alot more protection in TX/RX so it cant be blown no matter how much you trasmit or receive strong signals! Dont say i didnt tell you so. Unless you are good at soldering dont buy the regular cheap version! Please pin

[@IamUrLeader]

Lmao youre hilarious, ty! This was exactly what i needed im getting one

[@F3rryX]

I want this so bad

[@TalkingSasquach]

It's worth it!

[@laory1808]

Anyone having SD issues: format SD to fat32 4k, then follow the steps in the video.

[@arntodd2322]

This quasi LG cable is just USB Ninja Pro device🤫

[@wojownikmaryi1910]

would be really cool if mayhem developers developed wifi app

[@Hex-Mas]

Just use a arduino for deauth shyt

[@zR_CrackiiN]

FIIIIIRRRSSSTTTTT

[@TalkingSasquach]

You did it!!

[@zandanshah]

Getting the SD card out from a Portapack H2 HackRF One is an Art. Why not make the SD card humanly accessible.

[@Olibaby]

That’s the fun part

[@joecizin9357]

👍👍🧨🧨 Next please . .

[@victortorres1585]

Wats up bro

[@kursadzeybek356]

OK... thats the VERY good video for upgrade sir... BUT how CAN i attack to cars arround me:p ... :))) PLAESE teach MEE

[@billnyethealchemist]

bigchungus as in Glock 17

[@l0new0lf8Y8]

8:23(^-^ゞ

[@Duderonionyt]

almost first

[@TalkingSasquach]

I appreciate the effort!

[@realityforecast]

New phone, what is this?

[@zR_CrackiiN]

LLLLFFFFFFFGGGGGG!

[@xXvisualcortexXx]

Super cool 😎 first😅

[@TalkingSasquach]

Very close!

[@xXvisualcortexXx]

Oops just not first

[@NOOBKRISH]

Now after some days go t will ban this also😂😂

[@ottoloenneker7105]

So I got this thing, but I don’t know how it works. Let’s make a video about it? Yeah, I got 60 seconds into this video and moved on.

[@armandobishop1683]

Promo*SM 🌷

[@honourvirtue3820]

❤Hack RF - Havock ❤ Mayhem - time to play 😂