I ordered the B200 board I have a workstation with the Intel USB 3 chip, 3770K cpu etc for it. What type of connector is used for the RF inputs. I am looking at ordering an antenna to do some receiving in the UHF bands It looks like some kind of SMA connection but what type, hard to see from the pictures. I was looking at ordering a mobile antenna to use inside. something with your basic sma male connection to connect to the unit. Is there a case I can order from someone like Gigaparts etc.. that I can put the board in to provide some level of protection from ESD, or other forms of damage. It would have been nice if ettus sells a case option like what shipped with the EOL B100 system. Anyhow hopefully I get all this working out and learn on a better platform.

Benito, Congratulations on the upgrade! I have embedded answers to some of your questions. -John On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Benito Horta <bhorta1@gmail.com> wrote: > I ordered the B200 board I have a workstation with the Intel USB 3 chip, > 3770K cpu etc for it. > > > What type of connector is used for the RF inputs. I am looking at ordering > an antenna to do some receiving in the UHF bands It looks like some kind of > SMA connection but what type, hard to see from the pictures. I was looking > at ordering a mobile antenna to use inside. something with your basic sma > male connection to connect to the unit. > *All RF connectors are SMA-female.* > > Is there a case I can order from someone like Gigaparts etc.. that I can > put the board in to provide some level of protection from ESD, or other > forms of damage. It would have been nice if ettus sells a case option like > what shipped with the EOL B100 system. > *You can find links to enclosure vendor here: http://files.ettus.com/private/b2x0_enclosure/ <http://files.ettus.com/private/b2x0_enclosure/>* *Here's a post about some experiences with a Hammond enclosure: http://lists.ettus.com/pipermail/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com/2013-October/007704.html <http://lists.ettus.com/pipermail/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com/2013-October/007704.html>* > Anyhow hopefully I get all this working out and learn on a better platform. > *Good luck! Don't hesitate to check back on the list if you have any questions. * > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >

Thanks I will take a look into that, I went and ordered a basic dual band ham antenna with a male sma just to get started. What surprised me was how effective those 18 dollar 820T usb devices were for listening in on UHF. It will be interesting to compare the RF performance between the USRP and the dongle. On Monday, March 10, 2014, John Malsbury wrote: > Benito, > > Congratulations on the upgrade! I have embedded answers to some of your > questions. > > -John > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Benito Horta <bhorta1@gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bhorta1@gmail.com');> > > wrote: > >> I ordered the B200 board I have a workstation with the Intel USB 3 chip, >> 3770K cpu etc for it. >> > > >> >> What type of connector is used for the RF inputs. I am looking at >> ordering an antenna to do some receiving in the UHF bands It looks like >> some kind of SMA connection but what type, hard to see from the pictures. I >> was looking at ordering a mobile antenna to use inside. something with your >> basic sma male connection to connect to the unit. >> > > *All RF connectors are SMA-female.* > >> >> Is there a case I can order from someone like Gigaparts etc.. that I can >> put the board in to provide some level of protection from ESD, or other >> forms of damage. It would have been nice if ettus sells a case option like >> what shipped with the EOL B100 system. >> > > *You can find links to enclosure vendor here: > http://files.ettus.com/private/b2x0_enclosure/ > <http://files.ettus.com/private/b2x0_enclosure/>* > > *Here's a post about some experiences with a Hammond enclosure: > http://lists.ettus.com/pipermail/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com/2013-October/007704.html > <http://lists.ettus.com/pipermail/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com/2013-October/007704.html>* > > >> Anyhow hopefully I get all this working out and learn on a better >> platform. >> > > *Good luck! Don't hesitate to check back on the list if you have any > questions. * > > >> _______________________________________________ >> USRP-users mailing list >> USRP-users@lists.ettus.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','USRP-users@lists.ettus.com');> >> http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >> > >