BBT Delivered Hy-Gain Penetrator 500 Today

[Eastside]

Yep....I come home and there it was....between the house and the bushes...I took a few quick pics....will take more prolly tomorrow....as I have to mow the lawn.

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

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[Meglotron]

So hows the quality? Does it appear to be built strong to last like its older twin brother the original Penetrater?

 

[gamegetter]

When he say's he's mowing the lawn, he means he's chopping the back 40, drying raking and baling......he's gonna be a while.

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

looking forward to your pics to see how it compares build wise to the the original

 

[Mr Clean]

Hope its well made. I would love to put a ground plane up also but the wife would beat me with a hot skillet

 

[pro151]

Can't wait to see pictures of it coming out of the box and assembled.

 

[Eastside]

So hows the quality? Does it appear to be built strong to last like its older twin brother the original Penetrater?

I never had one of the old penetrators...this is my first one.....I asked the guy at hy-gain and he said they were the same?

 

[Eastside]

It will be a while before I can put it up...I have a big maple that needs cut down....I have tried 2 tree cutters and they both never showed up....gonna try #3 tomorrow......the i-max works because it does not have the elements sticking out......this tree is so big that I think these local yahoos cannot deal with it....its 5 big trees growing out of 1 huge stump.

 

[NRG]

maybe take it out of the box and let us all in on the mistery of the tubing and parts quality

 

[kb6led]

When you get some time please post a few pics of the antenna, I am curious if they use the same matching network design like the original one.

 

[Eastside]

It seems to be well made.

 

[pro151]

Looks like they just dug the old tooling out of the basement and started making the old antenna again.

 

[gamegetter]

thats purdy

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

thanks for the time and effort to post the pics for us eastside .

its been about 30 years since i had mine , but the hub and matching components look the same as best as i can remember . i dont recall the tubing being both reduced and slit for the next section to attach too . but my memory is probally effected by having too much fun too many times since then :w00t:

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