I made one of these of course it was an 8 bay design and luckily for me I caught the electric company guy and said hey you got about 10 foot of that guy line you guys use, He in turn gave me the feeder 4 guage line like they use to feed your house and said enjoy your antenna!! That worked magnificently and I picked up channels from over 100 miles away!! Just a thought to you all about materials.
Simple but impressive results! Are you actually getting 61 channels without having to rotate it for some of them? I just finished an antenna based on Jwmm's design, and it's working great but I am concerned with the longevity of it.
I am in Pinellas County and not too close to the water but still experience the same humidity and salty air.
Oslo, We are on the E. coast near the Sebastian inlet. Don't need a rotator because being on a coast most towers are either N. or S. Got 75 channels as a one time record, the weaker ones come and go. You really want to just count RF signals to be accurate. Each RF signal can carry up to 5-6 channels. This is why you get 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and so on. We get all our channels from 18 RF's, (11 to 48). If you made yours from copper wire and stainless hardware it should last a while.
msskimbot, If I was at your place the first attempt would be a carefully made 4bay with no reflector. Aim it at the towers 44 miles away, the others you can't help but get, they are so close to you. Get it over the trees as leaves absorb alot of signal. I would like to see/hear about it when done OK?
Thanks, I'm prepping to make some kind of antenna myself. I have coax that I can use. Will probably mount above the treehouse and need two directional settings but want three. 252 degrees gives two channels 7 miles away one vhf and one uhf, at 122 degrees, 12.7 miles away 3 channels are available, then at 163 degrees 44 miles away, 8 channels are available. I want to make a bi or tri directional antenna to capture all three directions without having to fuss with a rotor.
With further tweaking, and mounting the antenna as high as possible to approx 30 ft. it looks like all available channels are pretty much found for this area .... "more height equals more options"
Final antenna ended up with a small haircut, jwwm2 suggested that the whiskers might be a tad too long. Took the snips and subtracted half an inch ... didn't seem to make any difference. The reflector addition didn't happen either as this would limit the antenna to directionality.
I made one of these of course it was an 8 bay design and luckily for me I caught the electric company guy and said hey you got about 10 foot of that guy line you guys use, He in turn gave me the feeder 4 guage line like they use to feed your house and said enjoy your antenna!! That worked magnificently and I picked up channels from over 100 miles away!! Just a thought to you all about materials.
justamandawg 16 hours ago in playlist HDTV Antenna
It looks nice too.
cadmiumblue 5 months ago
I like this design.
supressorgrid 1 year ago
Simple but impressive results! Are you actually getting 61 channels without having to rotate it for some of them? I just finished an antenna based on Jwmm's design, and it's working great but I am concerned with the longevity of it.
I am in Pinellas County and not too close to the water but still experience the same humidity and salty air.
Are you on the east coast of FL?
ozlo 2 years ago
Oslo, We are on the E. coast near the Sebastian inlet. Don't need a rotator because being on a coast most towers are either N. or S. Got 75 channels as a one time record, the weaker ones come and go. You really want to just count RF signals to be accurate. Each RF signal can carry up to 5-6 channels. This is why you get 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and so on. We get all our channels from 18 RF's, (11 to 48). If you made yours from copper wire and stainless hardware it should last a while.
harmony850 2 years ago
msskimbot, If I was at your place the first attempt would be a carefully made 4bay with no reflector. Aim it at the towers 44 miles away, the others you can't help but get, they are so close to you. Get it over the trees as leaves absorb alot of signal. I would like to see/hear about it when done OK?
harmony850 2 years ago
Thanks, I'm prepping to make some kind of antenna myself. I have coax that I can use. Will probably mount above the treehouse and need two directional settings but want three. 252 degrees gives two channels 7 miles away one vhf and one uhf, at 122 degrees, 12.7 miles away 3 channels are available, then at 163 degrees 44 miles away, 8 channels are available. I want to make a bi or tri directional antenna to capture all three directions without having to fuss with a rotor.
msskimbot 2 years ago
With further tweaking, and mounting the antenna as high as possible to approx 30 ft. it looks like all available channels are pretty much found for this area .... "more height equals more options"
Final antenna ended up with a small haircut, jwwm2 suggested that the whiskers might be a tad too long. Took the snips and subtracted half an inch ... didn't seem to make any difference. The reflector addition didn't happen either as this would limit the antenna to directionality.
Bye, M
harmony850 2 years ago