[Hackrf-dev] ANT500 shorted

[Iluta V]

Most probably I have the same shorted ANT500 and receiving static noise
instead of FM.

DSP cosine waves were dis-functional in Scope Plot :(

All other items worked well :)

Looks like this shop has sent out more than one defective ANT500, since the
same shop in Sweden sent ANT500 to me in Latvia.

Should I use a paper clip as well ...? Or I could receive another one?

Best regards,

Iluta Vilcane
Latvia

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Matthias Wolf <matthiaswolf.muc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Mike & list,
>
> I just wanted to let you know that I also received a shorted ANT500 (got
> mine from Store4Geeks in Sweden). Until I found out today, my experiences
> with the tutorials and HackRF were very, very discouraging. I only got a
> huge DC spike in the center of my spectrum but no usable signals at all.
>
> I got this behaviour across all systems (including Pentoo) and all SDR
> applications. The FAQ made me think that I had a firmware / library
> mismatch problem, so I sat down and went through the hassle of manually
> compiling the newest versions. Ah, my wife says hello. Turns out she's not
> quite happy having me in the basement all the time.
>
> So, for the sake of other husbands' wellbeing, I would like to encourage
> you to update the FAQ to include these particular symptoms together with
> the advice to measure the antenna and replace it with a paperclip.
>
> Unfortunately that's not all. When I tried to repair the ANT500 by myself
> (effectively voiding the warranty), the spring decided to jump away and to
> hide somewere beneath my furniture. So now it's useless AND missing a part.
> Could you help me out somehow? Are you shipping spare parts to Europe by
> any chance?
>
> Thanks
> Matt
>
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