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I've got a Flipper, LimeSDR (non-mini), some old-school ham equipment, a cheapo $10 RTL-SDR receiver, a few cheap HTs, some RFID tools, etc.

Each has their use. The Flipper is nice for quick and lightweight checking of things. LimeSDR is incredibly capable, but also a bit of a pain in the ass to use. Not something you'll flip out to quickly check something or run an experiment.



> checking of things

like what?


Biggest value I got from my Flipper was when a security company was installing a security alarm in my business local, and made a claim that their tags were "unhackable" and "unclonable".

~20 seconds and one cloning later, the installer said something like "Wow, guess we need to update the employee handbook" and I no longer felt comfortable with the installation so asked them to leave after that.

I also once forgot the garage opener to the public garage I usually use, but had the signal saved on my Flipper, so that saved me like 5 minutes of not having to park, go home, go to the car and then park inside the garage.

Otherwise, it's mostly just for fun.


Out of curiosity - does flipper handle cloning of IC/ID 125khz/13.56Mhz fobs and is smart enough to trick the receiver into accepting it?

Reading and cloning of those fobs was easy, but the receiver wasn't accepting reusable fobs. I had to buy a special write-once fob from Lab401.


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