Super Penetrator SPT-500 - No Match Solution - Part 1
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- čas přidán 16. 09. 2023
- After struggling for hours with two brand new Hy-Gain Super Penetrator 500 antennas I found the issue. The assemblers at the Hy-Gain factory had connected the feed point incorrectly on two brand new antennas. Based on my google findings, buyers have had this issue since at least 2021. It is hard to say how many left the factory this way. Hy-gain stated they sell thousands and we must be doing something wrong. I filmed this in the hopes others having the same issue might find this video when searching for answers. In part 2 of this mini series I cover the completed assembly and some other manufacturing issues.
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So glad I stumbled on this video!!!! 3 damn days messing with this antenna. I used to have the original 70s model and never had any issue tuning it... Now thanks to this tip I have flat 1:1 on 28.5 I also wrote and sent a msg to DxEngineering where I purchased my antenna describing the issue and what was needed to correct the issue and linked your video as source.
I am happy to hear the video was helpful. It is a great antenna once you get it configured correctly. 73 and good dx
Well *_that_* explains it!
I'd heard of ppl finding it impossible to tune their new SPT-500 and I just figured ppl or paperwork were wrong about the length, but they're using the base from the CLR-2 / R. S. .64!
I once built to penetrator from scratch, using 102-in stainless steel whip on top of a 20 ft 2x4 and copper wire from there down to a makeshift air pin matching Network and three hundred four inch radials made from I can't remember what. this is over at a guy's house who didn't understand why he wasn't being heard very well by the locals on their verticals when he had a horizontal dipole pulled up 20 ft over the roof, got lucky with this build on the first try we saw 1.25 to 1 and called it good and people that used to hear him with a six to seven now had him at 20 over. That was kind of fun!
Yes, quite frustrating. The home-brew antenna you made sounds like it worked very well. 👍 nice job, Thanks for watching