[Hackrf-dev] ANT500 shorted

[Nick]

+1 here in Italy...

Hi all
Nick

Il 28/09/2014 21.16, Iluta V ha scritto:
> 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 <mailto: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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