My 12 year old son didn't think I could build a antenna. We wanted to watch the playoffs. I followed your video. He said well I guess its ok to be cheap if you can make it work. Lol 😆 Thanks for the help showing my son you don't always have to throw money at everything.
Been using Chromecast dongle but BBC streaming app is so temperamental. My wife wouldn't let me run a cable into the kitchen so I made your coax device and stuck it to a piece of cardboard and stuffed it behind the chest of drawers. We are only 20miles from a transmitter. PERFECT reception of digital programs. THANK YOU.
Thanks! Went from 18 channels with an old rabbit ears to 37 channels your way. Couple tips: you don't need to strip the center conductor, and I hot glued mine to a 12" scrap of wood, tape will work. I hang it from the window blinds. Test will be tomorrow morning when the morning sun pours in that window, I'll see if the hot glue holds.
Thanks, this truly is the most simple, easy and free method to get OTA tv. Also, did everything in this video with only a pair of scissors, no real tools required.
Here in the metro Detroit area I made one of these, 6" length as you described. I get digital 62-1 (CBS) from my basement TV perfectly clear! Enjoying the March Madness tournament now. Thanks so much for sharing this tip!! If you're a HAM, 73s....
Haha...totally works... couldn't find any coax so I climbed up in the attic, where there was a bunch of old coax that ran to different rooms… Followed your steps, exactly, plugged it into my old ancient Samsung(circa 2008) scanned the channels and ended up with about 40 channels or so in great reception…especially all local majors, CBS,NBC, ABC ... Unbelievable!! Thanks!
Thanks for a great and detailed video. My coax had 2 sets of braided wire separated by plastic sheeth. Wasn't sure what to do so I untangled both and twisted them as you showed, making sure they didn't touch. Then unsheathed the copper wire, bent them all correctly, taped them to the wall and boom! It works perfectly. Thanks again.
Thank you! I needed to move my HDTV antenna to another TV, and the 19" HDTV I use infrequently in my office needed a new antenna. Instead of buying a replacement, I make such an antenna using wood skewers and spare wire. The result was MORE than adequate for what I needed. I found more channels than I expected in my suburban home. For this set, I actually got more than the 40-mile rated flat HDTV antenna did, which was previously installed.
Worked a treat. Carefully used a stanley knife and got dozens of channels on the TV in the basement. Luckily only two miles from the main antenna in the city. Also the quality is way better than i got from the cable box i recently got rid of.
Wow, I just did this in like 15 minutes and my TV picked up around 100 channels, a few of them in 4k. Thanks for this! Edit: maybe not 4k, but it was as good as a store bought antennae I got later that advertised 4k quality.
Thank you so much, for sharing your knowledge! I tried a couple of mid-range factory made antennas. Lousy reception, so I decided to try your trick. My channels come in clearly than they did, with the purchased versions. Thanks again! 👊🏽
This works like a charm!! I just dumped cable and got a Roku but I still needed 2 antennas for local. You saved me about $60. I "cut the cord" both literally and figuratively because I got the coax cable ends from my now useless cables. LoL
I did something like the opposite once as a kid. I connected the coax cable that was attached to my TV for cable tv to my stereo (an older Electrolux stereo with turntable and 8-track player) via a 75-300 ohm adapter. I was then able to pick channel 2’s audio at 97.3FM. Oddly enough, I also picked up channel 36 (was MTV at the time through my cable company) at both 88.5 and 107.7FM. I was just 13 years old in the late 80s. It was cool to listen to TV audio that way.
Ah, yes! We had that too here in Canada. FM cable. You could pick up audio feeds of TV channels. We had the coax connected (with 75 ohm transformer) to the home stereo receiver. Picked up MuchMusic (like MTV in Canada), and the movie networks.
I just used an old Genesis RF Modulator and a coax cable and was able to get 26 channels. Wonder if I should do this or something else go het more channels.
As a telecommunications technician with a manufacturing consumer electronics background, believe me when I say major network throttling the signal feed deliberately.
Window antenna! Thanks for this. I'm lucky that where I live has straight line of site to our areas tv antennas, about 10-12 miles as the seagull flies, up on 2000 ft ridge (I can see them with binoculars). There's some neighbor hedges partially blocking in front of my window but aren't stopping the signal for whatever reason. So have no idea if what I did will work in other situations. Made this antenna and got channels 13-35. Could only get 3 which is NBC, only very rarely for an hour or so on a perfectly clear day. Researched, learned about low VHF needing longer antenna, started running numbers. Then realized the window was aiming the antenna through was aluminum framed, so attached wires from each end of your antenna to separate places on window frame and get channel 3 clearly along with all the others. Surprised and going to make this setup with more solid materials and be done.
If you leave the plastic over the center conductor and strip away all the shielding copper. You won't have trouble with it shorting. You can tape the antenna to a bit of wood to hold it in its shape.
True. I figured bending the centre conductor with the dielectric on it might risk breaking it. I’ve made other antennas out of wood but wanted to keep this as simple as possible.👍
what is the point of a dipole when the braided portion is grounded? I made an antenna by eliminatiing the braided end at the antenna and attaching the center wire directly to an aluminum foil glued to a piece of cardboard. I am in Central Mass and get 65 channels. The flat of the antenna "faces" east/west. Maybe i'm wrong but I belive that dipoles are not grounded.
With antennas there is no one size fits all. I'd doo whatever works best for your reception situation. I'm not exactly sure about the ground, maybe you're on to something there.
FYI, watched the MLB all star game last night with your antenna idea and had a noticeably better picture than a highly rated digital antenna that I used to own. It really works-thanks again.
I was having trouble getting local channels on just one tv with a simple rabbit ear indoor antenna. I have 3 tv towers located 25 to 26 miles away all in the same direction from my house. My roof is metal and my walls have metal mesh and plaster, so i opted for an outdoor antenna. I made this simple antenna just to get local channels on one tv. I attached it to my chimney about 17' above ground. I now receive 16 local channels with no noise or inteference, so i hooked the output of this antenna to an old un used satellite dish 4 way splitter and i now receive these 16 channels on all 4 tv's. The 3 tv towers were all located in an arc from 325 degrees to 345 degrees so i just rotated the arms perpendicular to the 335 degree line of sight. I taped the arms of this antenna to a fiberglass rod and slid two pieces of black rubber hose on each. i then ran the cable down through a 2' section of 1/2" pvc and glued the top part to the pvc and attached the pipe with small pipe clamps to an anchor.
I've seen models of antenna where copper and braid are basically touching, not directly, but on different parts of the antenna (solid metal antenna, they eventually make connection because of this). what's up with that?
More Elements = Better Reception = More Channels with good quality reception and that's what you get with the "more fancy and expensive" antennas. They put more into what they make and they work better and they are also easier to put up and use in any situation. All that you need is a mounting base pole to put it on.
I have a $100 "fancy" unit on my balcony that performs just about as well as the antenna shown in the video.... I just made one of these for my bedroom, and get practically every channel my "fancy" unit gets and I spent maybe 10 minutes total setting it all up, I haven't even looked for a better spot for the cable yet.
Thank you for this how-to. I was wondering: can I design my own multi-element dipole that includes parallel dipoles of lengths tuned to different frequencies?
I’m sure you could do that, or try a Yagi antenna design centered around a particular frequency. www.rfwireless-world.com/calculators/3-element-Yagi-Antenna-Calculator.html Thanks for watching!
Does the quality of the coax cable make a difference? My condo has a wall jack for an external TV antenna. I plugged in an old coax and got 50 channels. I do have to flip channel by channel. Is that normal? I’m new to cord cutting.
RG6 is the best coax cable to use, as it minimizes signal loss. Sounds like the building you live in has a master antenna system, or perhaps an in-house cable system. Most areas can pick up some over the air channels, 50 is a very good amount of channels.However some areas can pick up 150+ channels! I only get 3.
@@egenestarr1986 This antenna is designed for close range reception within a city, maybe 15-20 miles max. In a mountainous rural area 30 to 50 miles away you will need a larger outdoor antenna with more elements. Mountains especially, will degrade a TV signal by simply blocking the signal or refracting it making it more difficult to receive. TV Antenna Reviews ua-cam.com/play/PLDX6gLCL4WMwMAycjBF3_ApXyAfwHNV4f.html
The tool in the video is made by Ideal. Here is a link for it: amzn.to/3TKkCPa Also here are a couple of videos I made featuring Klein tools. Links are in the description. Klein Tools Coaxial Cable Stripping Tool for RG6 Coax Cable ua-cam.com/video/0JXG102nEu8/v-deo.htmlsi=nSdDRD4D4Vwq_hOA Klein Tools RG6 Coaxial Cable Compression Crimper Tool with Extended Reach ua-cam.com/video/jbayjkrZdQw/v-deo.html Thanks for watching!
Thanks Bro, I just made a Homemade TV Antenna and the thing really worked. You have a good UA-cam channel there and now I have some good TV channels here.@@NorthcoasterHobby
Larger antennas have more elements to capture more signal, offer more gain, and a more reliable signal in case of obstructions or bad weather. Also outdoor antennas are built to withstand harsh conditions in the outdoor elements. This simple antenna is for indoor use in strong signal areas.
it is so clear for people who wants to DIY one antenna. If I wants to modify e.g. using a copper wire and making this wire as a circle , do I need to connect the shield and copper line to this circle? how to calculate the diameter of this circle?
Honestly I think just the copper wire formed into a circle would work just fine without the shield. There are online calculators available, but the rough formula for calculating a half-wave antenna length (in feet) is 468/frequency. Then just form it in to a circle. This website has a chart of the frequencies of individual TV channels, as well as a calculator for full-wave and quarter-wave antenna lengths by frequency. otadtv.com/frequency/index.html And another online loop calculator: www.66pacific.com/calculators/full-wave-loop-antenna-calculator.aspx
Glad it worked for you. To answer your question I’m not exactly sure why, though coaxial cable itself has an impedance of 75 ohms, whereas using two wires would likely have a higher impedance and need a 75-300 ohm transformer. Also since the cable itself is the antenna I didn’t see a need for a transformer. It has to do with the resistance to the transfer of signal between the elements and the cable. Here’s another antenna I made that might shed more light on the subject: Build a Homemade DIY TV Antenna from copper wire - dipole OTA TV antenna for local channels ua-cam.com/video/bYfZu923aTY/v-deo.html
I'm 40 miles from the primary city that carries OTA channels and I got 34 of them just using the center conductor on coax, not even any of the shielding.
Could be the location of the antenna. Check here to see what TV stations are available in your area: www.antennaweb.org Enter your zip code, check ‘antenna will be installed 30’ above ground’ (even if it isn’t you’ll get a more complete list of channels available in your area). Try moving the antenna around in different locations, near a window, facing the broadcast towers (the antenna web map will show these if any). Run a channel scan each time you change the position of the antenna. Hope this helps, and best wishes.
I built a dipole antenna tuned to 189 mhz. Worked with a marginal 44% signal. I used a boom and placed the dipole on it with a director 4 3/4" in front of it. Signal was now 54%. I added other director tuned for 189mhz of course. Signal jumped to 63%. Here is the weird part. I then added a reflector about 12" behind the dipole on the boom and the signal went down to 48%. Took it back off and the signal was back to 63%. So I decided to add another director for a total of 3 and again the signal went down to about 52%. Can't understand why adding the director and reflector weaken the received signal. Using the dipole with two directors and no reflector is the best I can do. Signal does go down a few percent during bright sunny days but is very stable. Goes up during the night and when it rains.
Strange. I guess go with the two directors. Generally directors are about 5% shorter than the driven element, and reflectors 5% longer than the driven element.
@@NorthcoasterHobby That's exactly what the directors are. The reflector was just a bit longer BUT they didn't work for some reason. even made it worse. I'm thinking it because of the location of my antenna but I tried all over the yard and the only place I could get a signal was in my garage window. I accidently found the signal after laying the coax on my motorcycle in the garage and a signal came in. The motorcycle was acting like an antenna with the coax touching the frame. I also played with the spacing of the elements to get the best signal. I have a pretty solid 62% signal right now good enough to split it 3 ways where it drops to 60% then. Have to use a 24db preamp. I have a big hill between me and the TV tower so it's needed. The station (channel 9) I'm getting is 27 miles away.
i just made this last night to watch the NFL game with out lag for betting... i used an xatco knife and an old cable wire so all for free took 6 minutes and 4 were waiting for the search... making a bunch more for family tomorrow...
I live in a highrise near the MoSun Connecticut. Reception is normally awful for indoor antennae. unless I align it with Long Island Sound. I cant use an outdoor. But I have a 3x3 ft hot spot in my apartment. Using a $20 antenna with an amp I got NYC! But only for a few hours. I receive most CT TV stations. CBS won't come in, but I have Paramount Plus. Good bye $130 Directv bill!
Try placing the antenna in a window. Run a channel scan each time you move the antenna to a new spot. Try this website to find where the broadcast towers are located in your area to give you an idea of which direction to point the antenna: www.antennaweb.org/ Enter your zip code. Click ‘antenna will be installed 30 feet above ground’- this will give you a better listing of available channels. Press ‘go’.
Is there a secret to unraveling the braided wire? after a couple of inches it becomes a rats nest! it took me a half an hour to get 6 inches removed and probably lost about 10% of it
03:18 To be fair for $15 you can already buy an actual aerial antenna instead of crimping tool that you won't ever need to use besides putting connectors on coax or RJ45 plugs for UTP, hell even for $5 at some flea markets, 30 year old antenna or new one it's all the same.
Don't take it wrong I understand the joy for DIY, I'm just saying these old school VHF/UHF antennas are incredibly cheap and you can also get a cheap amplifier to boost signal as well, you don't need any of that Amazon crap for $100,
My 12 year old son didn't think I could build a antenna. We wanted to watch the playoffs. I followed your video. He said well I guess its ok to be cheap if you can make it work. Lol 😆
Thanks for the help showing my son you don't always have to throw money at everything.
Awesome! So glad you built one to enjoy the game. A valuable lesson for your son, too!👍
My son laughs at me when I'm building a project until it works! Lol 😂
31 channels for free in 7 minutes. Thank you.
@@Chuck-t2r Awesome, thanks for watching!
It was astonishing how easy this was, worked an absolute treat!
Been using Chromecast dongle but BBC streaming app is so temperamental. My wife wouldn't let me run a cable into the kitchen so I made your coax device and stuck it to a piece of cardboard and stuffed it behind the chest of drawers. We are only 20miles from a transmitter. PERFECT reception of digital programs. THANK YOU.
That’s great to hear! Thanks for watching!
"my wife wouldnt let me" you mean your husband? We see who wears the pants in that "relationship" my god..
Thanks! Went from 18 channels with an old rabbit ears to 37 channels your way. Couple tips: you don't need to strip the center conductor, and I hot glued mine to a 12" scrap of wood, tape will work. I hang it from the window blinds. Test will be tomorrow morning when the morning sun pours in that window, I'll see if the hot glue holds.
Thanks for the tips, and for watching my video. I’ll be interested to hear how everything turns out. Keep me posted.👍
Thanks, this truly is the most simple, easy and free method to get OTA tv. Also, did everything in this video with only a pair of scissors, no real tools required.
Here in the metro Detroit area I made one of these, 6" length as you described. I get digital 62-1 (CBS) from my basement TV perfectly clear! Enjoying the March Madness tournament now. Thanks so much for sharing this tip!! If you're a HAM, 73s....
Thanks for watching, glad to hear it works for you! Not a Ham, but 73!
Here from MrBeast's latest video!! I had no idea it was so easy to make your own!
Antennas can be pretty simple, yet effective. Thanks for watching!
Same
ME TOO
From all the homemade antennas videos I found this is the best, great explanation, very simple, and work like a charm! thank you very much
Thanks for watching!
Thanks it works better than any store bought one I have purchased.
Excellent! Thanks for watching!
Seriously? I'm doing this today.
Haha...totally works... couldn't find any coax so I climbed up in the attic, where there was a bunch of old coax that ran to different rooms… Followed your steps, exactly, plugged it into my old ancient Samsung(circa 2008) scanned the channels and ended up with about 40 channels or so in great reception…especially all local majors, CBS,NBC, ABC ... Unbelievable!! Thanks!
@@hdkeady6149 Awesome- Glad it worked so well! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for a great and detailed video. My coax had 2 sets of braided wire separated by plastic sheeth. Wasn't sure what to do so I untangled both and twisted them as you showed, making sure they didn't touch. Then unsheathed the copper wire, bent them all correctly, taped them to the wall and boom! It works perfectly. Thanks again.
@@Homelander-js9hd That cable is called quad-shield. Just an extra couple of layers of shielding. Thanks for watching!
Awesome! Worked perfectly for us! We actually went 3" and it works, at least for the channel we needed! Great tutorial!!
Great to hear, thanks for watching!
Just made one of these for my bedroom, works just as good as my $100 indoor/outdoor unit I use for my living room.
Glad to hear, thanks for watching!
Thank you! I needed to move my HDTV antenna to another TV, and the 19" HDTV I use infrequently in my office needed a new antenna. Instead of buying a replacement, I make such an antenna using wood skewers and spare wire. The result was MORE than adequate for what I needed. I found more channels than I expected in my suburban home. For this set, I actually got more than the 40-mile rated flat HDTV antenna did, which was previously installed.
That’s great to hear! Thanks for watching!
Worked for me out on my ranch. Saved me some money.
Thank you!
That’s great to hear! Thanks for watching!
Did same but made mine almost 12 inches aandd i got 33 channels. All in clearly! Grreaat job.
Thanks for this... works great... quick, easy... got 29 channels clear as a bell...!!!
Glad to hear, thanks for watching!
Worked a treat. Carefully used a stanley knife and got dozens of channels on the TV in the basement. Luckily only two miles from the main antenna in the city. Also the quality is way better than i got from the cable box i recently got rid of.
Excellent!
stanley makes knifes now?!
Wow, I just did this in like 15 minutes and my TV picked up around 100 channels, a few of them in 4k. Thanks for this!
Edit: maybe not 4k, but it was as good as a store bought antennae I got later that advertised 4k quality.
Glad it worked,thanks for watching!
Bro there’s no such thing as a “4K” Channel
What a liar😡
It's not much of a lie. So when are the "4k" stations going to start broadcasting in 4k?@@brianbc9
Thank you so much, for sharing your knowledge! I tried a couple of mid-range factory made antennas. Lousy reception, so I decided to try your trick. My channels come in clearly than they did, with the purchased versions. Thanks again! 👊🏽
Excellent! I’m so glad it’s working for you. Thanks for watching!
@@NorthcoasterHobby ~ Thank you! You’re awesome! 🫡
@@weeyee60 Thanks again!
This works like a charm!! I just dumped cable and got a Roku but I still needed 2 antennas for local. You saved me about $60.
I "cut the cord" both literally and figuratively because I got the coax cable ends from my now useless cables. LoL
Thank you for sharing the method of making tv antenna👍👍👍👍👍
@@lohthomas2971 You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
I did something like the opposite once as a kid.
I connected the coax cable that was attached to my TV for cable tv to my stereo (an older Electrolux stereo with turntable and 8-track player) via a 75-300 ohm adapter.
I was then able to pick channel 2’s audio at 97.3FM. Oddly enough, I also picked up channel 36 (was MTV at the time through my cable company) at both 88.5 and 107.7FM.
I was just 13 years old in the late 80s. It was cool to listen to TV audio that way.
Ah, yes! We had that too here in Canada. FM cable. You could pick up audio feeds of TV channels. We had the coax connected (with 75 ohm transformer) to the home stereo receiver. Picked up MuchMusic (like MTV in Canada), and the movie networks.
This is the one antana you need good job friend 😊🎉
This actually worked! Thank you ❤
@@lawandatitus2937 I’m so glad to hear that! Thank you for watching!
Great video, thanks!
Thanks mate didn't think it would but I must admit to everyone it certainly does work Hooray from Aussie
Glad it worked. Thanks for watching!
I just used an old Genesis RF Modulator and a coax cable and was able to get 26 channels. Wonder if I should do this or something else go het more channels.
An outdoor antenna will usually work better than an indoor antenna. That’s probably the best way to pick up more channels.
Thank you! I had zero channels and now I have 10!
Excellent! Thanks for watching!
I use a coax cable with a splitter and jump the splitter and it gives me 85 ch. In PA.
What do you mean jump the splitter?
As a telecommunications technician with a manufacturing consumer electronics background, believe me when I say major network throttling the signal feed deliberately.
Window antenna!
Thanks for this. I'm lucky that where I live has straight line of site to our areas tv antennas, about 10-12 miles as the seagull flies, up on 2000 ft ridge (I can see them with binoculars). There's some neighbor hedges partially blocking in front of my window but aren't stopping the signal for whatever reason. So have no idea if what I did will work in other situations.
Made this antenna and got channels 13-35. Could only get 3 which is NBC, only very rarely for an hour or so on a perfectly clear day. Researched, learned about low VHF needing longer antenna, started running numbers. Then realized the window was aiming the antenna through was aluminum framed, so attached wires from each end of your antenna to separate places on window frame and get channel 3 clearly along with all the others. Surprised and going to make this setup with more solid materials and be done.
Thanks for sharing your experience, and for watching!
I’m around 25 miles from a tower, and I’m getting 31 stations, thank you!
Awesome! Great to hear and thanks for watching!
This really works. I just did it myself 🙂
Great! Happy to hear that. Thanks for watching!👍
If you leave the plastic over the center conductor and strip away all the shielding copper. You won't have trouble with it shorting. You can tape the antenna to a bit of wood to hold it in its shape.
True. I figured bending the centre conductor with the dielectric on it might risk breaking it. I’ve made other antennas out of wood but wanted to keep this as simple as possible.👍
@@NorthcoasterHobby While listening to a music channel I thought the Al Gore rhythm prefers videos with an added calm meant if you get by drift.
@@kensmith5694 sort of…
@@NorthcoasterHobby Making it so more people see your videos is a worthy goal for me.
@@kensmith5694 I’m glad you like them, I appreciate you watching!
Thanks man i got 3 chanels with great quality it took me like 10 times but after a while i got it right
@@Superidk999 Awesome! I’m so glad to hear you got it working, thanks for watching!
what is the point of a dipole when the braided portion is grounded? I made an antenna by eliminatiing the braided end at the antenna and attaching the center wire directly to an aluminum foil glued to a piece of cardboard. I am in Central Mass and get 65 channels. The flat of the antenna "faces" east/west. Maybe i'm wrong but I belive that dipoles are not grounded.
With antennas there is no one size fits all. I'd doo whatever works best for your reception situation. I'm not exactly sure about the ground, maybe you're on to something there.
Thank you! Worked great, appreciate you sharing this.
Glad to hear that it worked for you- thanks for watching!
FYI, watched the MLB all star game last night with your antenna idea and had a noticeably better picture than a highly rated digital antenna that I used to own. It really works-thanks again.
@@charliestrickland2417 Awesome!👍
thanks!! worked perfectly!
Thanks . Works awesome
@@krucialdreddy5683 Great to hear, thanks for watching!👍
I was having trouble getting local channels on just one tv with a simple rabbit ear indoor antenna. I have 3 tv towers located 25 to 26 miles away all in the same direction from my house. My roof is metal and my walls have metal mesh and plaster, so i opted for an outdoor antenna. I made this simple antenna just to get local channels on one tv. I attached it to my chimney about 17' above ground. I now receive 16 local channels with no noise or inteference, so i hooked the output of this antenna to an old un used satellite dish 4 way splitter and i now receive these 16 channels on all 4 tv's. The 3 tv towers were all located in an arc from 325 degrees to 345 degrees so i just rotated the arms perpendicular to the 335 degree line of sight. I taped the arms of this antenna to a fiberglass rod and slid two pieces of black rubber hose on each. i then ran the cable down through a 2' section of 1/2" pvc and glued the top part to the pvc and attached the pipe with small pipe clamps to an anchor.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Glad to hear that the antenna is working well for you!
Thank you for not calling it a "HD" or "digital" antenna, like so many questionable manufacturers and UA-cam videos do.
An antenna is an antenna! Thanks for watching!
I've seen models of antenna where copper and braid are basically touching, not directly, but on different parts of the antenna (solid metal antenna, they eventually make connection because of this). what's up with that?
The braided shield and copper conductor will short the signal if they touch.
More Elements = Better Reception = More Channels with good quality reception and that's what you get with the "more fancy and expensive" antennas. They put more into what they make and they work better and they are also easier to put up and use in any situation. All that you need is a mounting base pole to put it on.
I have a $100 "fancy" unit on my balcony that performs just about as well as the antenna shown in the video....
I just made one of these for my bedroom, and get practically every channel my "fancy" unit gets and I spent maybe 10 minutes total setting it all up, I haven't even looked for a better spot for the cable yet.
Thank you for this how-to. I was wondering: can I design my own multi-element dipole that includes parallel dipoles of lengths tuned to different frequencies?
I’m sure you could do that, or try a Yagi antenna design centered around a particular frequency.
www.rfwireless-world.com/calculators/3-element-Yagi-Antenna-Calculator.html
Thanks for watching!
Picking up 21 channels just fine, good enough for me. Goodbye Spectrum.
Awesome!
Does the quality of the coax cable make a difference? My condo has a wall jack for an external TV antenna. I plugged in an old coax and got 50 channels. I do have to flip channel by channel. Is that normal? I’m new to cord cutting.
RG6 is the best coax cable to use, as it minimizes signal loss. Sounds like the building you live in has a master antenna system, or perhaps an in-house cable system. Most areas can pick up some over the air channels, 50 is a very good amount of channels.However some areas can pick up 150+ channels! I only get 3.
Can we use this type of antenna for boosting fm signal ?
Yes, this type of antenna will help FM reception.
anybody know if this will work in rural mountain areas for tv 30-50 miles away?
@@egenestarr1986 This antenna is designed for close range reception within a city, maybe 15-20 miles max. In a mountainous rural area 30 to 50 miles away you will need a larger outdoor antenna with more elements. Mountains especially, will degrade a TV signal by simply blocking the signal or refracting it making it more difficult to receive.
TV Antenna Reviews
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@@NorthcoasterHobby thank you
@@egenestarr1986 👍you’re welcome
This worked, thanks!!
@@KenWhitson777 Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Great videos 👍 do you have a link to buy that rg6 rg59 tv coax strippers. is that a klein brand tool
The tool in the video is made by Ideal. Here is a link for it:
amzn.to/3TKkCPa
Also here are a couple of videos I made featuring Klein tools. Links are in the description.
Klein Tools Coaxial Cable Stripping Tool for RG6 Coax Cable
ua-cam.com/video/0JXG102nEu8/v-deo.htmlsi=nSdDRD4D4Vwq_hOA
Klein Tools RG6 Coaxial Cable Compression Crimper Tool with Extended Reach
ua-cam.com/video/jbayjkrZdQw/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Bro, I just made a Homemade TV Antenna and the thing really worked. You have a good UA-cam channel there and now I have some good TV channels here.@@NorthcoasterHobby
@@lionelmcvinyl9027 So happy to hear that! Thanks again for watching!👍
If shorter antennas receive for channels, what’s the point of the high he expensive ones?
Larger antennas have more elements to capture more signal, offer more gain, and a more reliable signal in case of obstructions or bad weather. Also outdoor antennas are built to withstand harsh conditions in the outdoor elements. This simple antenna is for indoor use in strong signal areas.
it is so clear for people who wants to DIY one antenna. If I wants to modify e.g. using a copper wire and making this wire as a circle , do I need to connect the shield and copper line to this circle? how to calculate the diameter of this circle?
Honestly I think just the copper wire formed into a circle would work just fine without the shield. There are online calculators available, but the rough formula for calculating a half-wave antenna length (in feet) is 468/frequency. Then just form it in to a circle.
This website has a chart of the frequencies of individual TV channels, as well as a calculator for full-wave and quarter-wave antenna lengths by frequency.
otadtv.com/frequency/index.html
And another online loop calculator:
www.66pacific.com/calculators/full-wave-loop-antenna-calculator.aspx
Most channels I got with coax is 30channels
My tv is not working in belize have no channels and no signal
Works great. Got about 10 channels. TY. Can explain why some antenna designs require the 75 to 300 ohm transformer and your design does not.
Glad it worked for you. To answer your question I’m not exactly sure why, though coaxial cable itself has an impedance of 75 ohms, whereas using two wires would likely have a higher impedance and need a 75-300 ohm transformer. Also since the cable itself is the antenna I didn’t see a need for a transformer. It has to do with the resistance to the transfer of signal between the elements and the cable. Here’s another antenna I made that might shed more light on the subject:
Build a Homemade DIY TV Antenna from copper wire - dipole OTA TV antenna for local channels
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This indoor antenna works only in city please boss
I'm 40 miles from the primary city that carries OTA channels and I got 34 of them just using the center conductor on coax, not even any of the shielding.
It worked for me in Montreal
Awesome! Great to hear!👍
It didn’t work for me could i have done something wrong
Could be the location of the antenna.
Check here to see what TV stations are available in your area:
www.antennaweb.org
Enter your zip code, check ‘antenna will be installed 30’ above ground’ (even if it isn’t you’ll get a more complete list of channels available in your area).
Try moving the antenna around in different locations, near a window, facing the broadcast towers (the antenna web map will show these if any). Run a channel scan each time you change the position of the antenna.
Hope this helps, and best wishes.
I built a dipole antenna tuned to 189 mhz. Worked with a marginal 44% signal. I used a boom and placed the dipole on it with a director 4 3/4" in front of it. Signal was now 54%. I added other director tuned for 189mhz of course. Signal jumped to 63%. Here is the weird part. I then added a reflector about 12" behind the dipole on the boom and the signal went down to 48%. Took it back off and the signal was back to 63%. So I decided to add another director for a total of 3 and again the signal went down to about 52%. Can't understand why adding the director and reflector weaken the received signal. Using the dipole with two directors and no reflector is the best I can do. Signal does go down a few percent during bright sunny days but is very stable. Goes up during the night and when it rains.
Strange. I guess go with the two directors. Generally directors are about 5% shorter than the driven element, and reflectors 5% longer than the driven element.
@@NorthcoasterHobby That's exactly what the directors are. The reflector was just a bit longer BUT they didn't work for some reason. even made it worse. I'm thinking it because of the location of my antenna but I tried all over the yard and the only place I could get a signal was in my garage window. I accidently found the signal after laying the coax on my motorcycle in the garage and a signal came in. The motorcycle was acting like an antenna with the coax touching the frame. I also played with the spacing of the elements to get the best signal. I have a pretty solid 62% signal right now good enough to split it 3 ways where it drops to 60% then. Have to use a 24db preamp. I have a big hill between me and the TV tower so it's needed. The station (channel 9) I'm getting is 27 miles away.
Thank you thumbs up not for sure if it's going to work yet
@@barracudafighter79 Give it a try and let me know.
simple and usefull
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Thank you!
i just made this last night to watch the NFL game with out lag for betting... i used an xatco knife and an old cable wire so all for free took 6 minutes and 4 were waiting for the search... making a bunch more for family tomorrow...
Awesome, thanks for watching!
is this antenna works as my radio antenna sir?
It probably can.
thank you so much
I live in a highrise near the MoSun Connecticut.
Reception is normally awful for indoor antennae. unless I align it with Long Island Sound. I cant use an outdoor. But I have a 3x3 ft hot spot in my apartment.
Using a $20 antenna with an amp I got NYC! But only for a few hours. I receive most CT TV stations. CBS won't come in, but I have Paramount Plus. Good bye $130 Directv bill!
tried it out of curiousity, got no channels. could just be my area or the fact that my metal roof is blocking it.
Try placing the antenna in a window. Run a channel scan each time you move the antenna to a new spot.
Try this website to find where the broadcast towers are located in your area to give you an idea of which direction to point the antenna:
www.antennaweb.org/
Enter your zip code.
Click ‘antenna will be installed 30 feet above ground’- this will give you a better listing of available channels.
Press ‘go’.
Is there a secret to unraveling the braided wire? after a couple of inches it becomes a rats nest! it took me a half an hour to get 6 inches removed and probably lost about 10% of it
That's ok, the antenna should work without the braided wire anyway. Try it out as it is.
i did this right now and it works thanks to you Man......i got 5 channels but the show is the same...is there any solve for this?
Glad you made one. Do you mean the channels are all showing the same program?
@@NorthcoasterHobby yes i have channel 1 , 2, 6, and 14 but it has the same program is there any solve for this?
@@mevlogs194 I’m not sure why that is. Are they duplicate or rebroadcast channels?
@@NorthcoasterHobby duplicate
Tell us what the channel this is? Call letters or channel number and city.
It can work in a simple plasma🤔
A plasma TV? Yes it will.
All TV’s - Run a channel scan Auto program for over the air antenna channels - for OTA TV Beginners
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Can you use a longer coax cable in order to locate the antenna farther away from the tv or does a longer cable reduce reception?
A longer cable can be used.
I was making these in 1972 ...
And yet, they still work today!👍
03:18 To be fair for $15 you can already buy an actual aerial antenna instead of crimping tool that you won't ever need to use besides putting connectors on coax or RJ45 plugs for UTP, hell even for $5 at some flea markets, 30 year old antenna or new one it's all the same.
Don't take it wrong I understand the joy for DIY, I'm just saying these old school VHF/UHF antennas are incredibly cheap and you can also get a cheap amplifier to boost signal as well, you don't need any of that Amazon crap for $100,
Fair enough.
holy f. why inches?
@@Ac3p3rgAA The conversion to cm is easy. Multiply inches by 2.54.
What if you live out in the boonies
You will need a much bigger antenna with more elements.
TV Antenna Reviews
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Stripped screw remover
What DIY vids should be, thanks, "just the facts.... "
Thanks for watching!
Or just use a paper clip as an antenna..picked up 62 channels.
That can work, too.
Probably if you live really near the emmiting antennas! If so, good for you!
I followed your exact instructions, but was disappointed to discover that this worked worse than the little flat panel antenna that I paid $5 for. .
There is no one size fits all for a TV antenna, unfortunately. Glad the flat panel antenna works for you though.
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@@NorthcoasterHobby Thank You ❤️
Ok.,but its work in Tamilnadu???, anybody else will comments.😂🎉
@@sivajica..2364 RF is RF.
You can buy one for that hassle..5$
The fun is in the doing.
Who sells it
Or... You can make one for free and a few minutes of time....
I messed up like 10 million
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worked great if not better than an antena
Great to hear, thanks for watching!
hmmm4_4 thx Goood show kinda nice
Thanks for watching!