HackRF One/PortaPack H2 combo scanning the Wi-Fi radio spectrum
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I love my Flipper Zero<!–>. This is a $169 multifunctional device that can interact with digital interfaces in the physical world.
With it you can emulate RFID and NFC cards, analyze radio protocols, imitate remote controls, and much more. It’s like a “digital Swiss Army knife” for cybersecurity enthusiasts, tinkerers, and those interested in exploring the digital side of their environment.
Transmit or receive any radio signal from 1 MHz to 6000 MHz
Half-duplex transceiver
Maximum sample rate: 20 million samples per second
8-bit quadrature samples
High-speed microUSB interface
Powered via USB
It’s a radio, but a radio that goes way beyond music and talk shows. This is a radio that can pick up Wi-Fi, signals from car keyfobs, Bluetooth, amateur radio, aircraft ADS-B and ship AIS signals, and much, much more. As for transmitting, the sky’s the limit, and anything you can capture, you can technically record and transmit.
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You can also venture into areas such as jamming, but this again is a place you need to be extremely careful so as not to end up with the Men in Black knocking at your door.
Also: 7 cool and useful things to do with your Flipper Zero
If having a tool that gives you the ability to transmit and jam signals feels like it’s too rich for your blood because of the laws and regulations and rules that govern this, not to mention things like licenses, then you might be better off with an SDR that can only receive radio signals, something like the RTL-SDR Blog V3 SDR<!–>, which you can pick up for under $50.