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  • can i have more than hundreds of channels when i use this? pls tell me.

  • woo familyguys on!

  • On a satellite dish the whole thing isn't the antenna just the little grey things on the end of the rod That points towards the dish. What happens is the signal reflects off of the dish into the little grey thing. ( I don't know what to call it,) u r pretty close tho

  • smarty pants dance!

    lol why am i watching this again...

  • also alumina foil reflect tv radio or any kinda air transmitted waves

  • ummm ur kinda smart but still a dumb ass lets get Installated wire only just so we can strip it wow just get bare wire and also u dont need type to cover the magnet

  • what was the six volt battery for?

  • @shartne he forgot it was to hold the think down.

  • mustace guy lol

  • That is the ugliest thing i've seen in years

  • man you bee a milioner :DD

  • exellect work mate - bummer that your editing is so poor - makes it a little hard to follow but i am going to give it a try

  • this actully works

  • This kid is smart! I didnt try it but good activity for my home school group.

  • This kid probably gets beat up at school? He should be reading a book instead of making stupid antennas and watching family guy! I'm just saying if your going to be a nerd read a book!

  • @MrKeithStone You act tho this kid is trying to be a nerd. I dont think he is trying to be a bookworm.

    Another thing, a bookworm dont get anything done if they just read. hands on teaches people more than just a book. you cant anything without hands on. A book is only recieving knowledge, Hands on also makes a person experinaced. a book cant.

  • Umm, antennas of all types can receive signals of all types. There is NO such animal as an antenna that receives only analog signals or an antenna that receives only digital signals. What you are building is a tuned circuit, that is, a device that is better tuned to received the new frequencies that have been labeled as 'digital.' Sorry to burst your bubble.

  • how old where you?

  • I did everything you said. But It didn't work. I dunno why?!

  • he sound like justin bieber lolz

  • hehe he says "cock" at 9:22 - 9:23 :P........btw get ur facts straight dude this isnt a really good antenna ive made better

  • "my bunny ear Chanel i mean bunny ear" Wat man Wat are u talking about foo get Ur facts right

  • This did help and took me less than 5 min so it will do until i hook up the satellite.

    Thanks.

  • ya need a brighter room... So dark

  • U might know who to make an antenna . But u sure don't know how to make a Video

  • you seriously should stop rambling on...get to the point!

  • i agree, this kids awesome

  • What a bunch of hooie

  • you guys just plugg a dam wire into the back of your tv it works perfectly even though it all went digital

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  • thank you very much...your idea helped me so much!! i love you kid!!

  • GET CABLE

  • @weirdone17 chill hes jus showin stuff he knows i bet u dont even have the brian to make something like that

  • @TheInventorkid the brian? wow r u retarded or sumthin? its brain and it is way easier to just buy cable. Satelite is a thing of the past... so are antennas,

  • It's ironic as hell that you uploaded this on Christmas, why didn't you get a good antenna for Christmas?

  • That helped me so much thanks for the vid

  • darkness boy..

  • You guys rock. This is great stuff.

  • r u boy or girl?

  • ive tried the coathanger antenna and it works great and then i tried your coffee can antenna but would this antenna still work after they switched to digital tv

  • hey do you really need the magnet ?

  • But its a good vid bud, I wish at your age I was doing stuff like this. Good job.

  • did he ever use a balun? I just skipped to the end and saw him hooking up plain wires to the back of the tv and just laughed out so hard.

  • Abit harsh saying that this chick is a retard. I do find it confusing but good on her for giving it a shot.

  • Great Video! You provided much more information than I've seen in quite a while. Keep up the good work.

  • Is it possible to splice a coaxial cable to this design?

    As in, cut the end off of a coaxial cable and the internal wires around that of the antenna.

  • NVM, the kid must have cut a tip of a coaxial cable off and wrapped the exposed wires together.

  • Keep it simple and just wrap the aluminum foil around the cardboard and connect that to your TV -- neither the magnet nor the "arm" on the antenna are adding anything to the design.

  • hey mate, you made an ok vid but some tips for ur future videos are spend some time editing your videos, this will cut down the video time and stop those nasty cuts between shots. Also maybe post the materials in the description so that you dont have to spend a minute or so telling us what they are. And lastly please put vital info and steps in the description because ur mic isnt top quality. so basically include vital info in description and make ur vids a bit shorter for us with slow internet.

  • Nice video! I got 10 extra channels off the stuff and instructions you said!

  • lol u said tape alot

  • Not sure what exactly it is you have made here, or why you assume that it even works.  Your "dish" is not parabolic, is not sized correctly, is at the same potential as your "feedhorn" and in all reality is just a large signal plane that happens to work better than your old setup. The taped magnet you tried to make a toroidal wound inductor on is not helping you. This is not an antenna.

  • WHOA! family guy... im making my atenna better js for the family guy about to go on w/ eminem

  • To dark cant see much would like to see

    presentation in more light.

  • watched only part of it; suggestion: increase the room light where you filmed the videp significantly so that it's viewable by other than night creatures such as tigers, lions and crocodiles, who presumably were able to watch your video with no difficulty, and as a consequence make this antenna, and experience excellent television reception

  • What kind of wire did u use to connect to your TV

  • nice video

  • Some people are dumb. They spell electrical 'electricle'. But you're right, electriCAL tape is not conductive.

  • very good and informitive

  • You do realize that you can buy the wire already stripped of the insulation, right?

  • wat do u do with the lantern batery

  • Here in england we use coat hangers

    they work much better

  • yeah thats pretty much what i do

  • duh it conductive it plastic do eletricty cant get throw

  • What about the 6V (Lantern) Battery??

  • nice video it helped loads :)

  • how about you leave this video up for the people up in canada like me! our digital transition is happening in 2011. Very nice video! your antenna works much better than I expected it to be.

  • this kid quotes mark erickson at one point as a source of information. for anyone still not aware, all his videos are jokes and not scientifically accurate. that makes me doubt this video...i smell a rat (sorry kid, you seem nice enough).

  • I believe that if you watched the video a second time, you will learn that this young fellow called Mark Erickson's comments about electrical tape "complete garbage." Start at the 4:56 mark if you don't believe me. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

  • Reason why you have crap reception to start with is due to the antenna is designed for VHF and not UHF, if you were to shorten the metal rods to around 6" then it would work far more better.

    The ferrite is not an amplifier, it makes the energy transfer more efficient from the antenna to the cable.

  • People are too lazy (or stupid) the do quarter wave calculations and adjust the lead length to pick up the corresponding freq, let alone look up the broadcasting freq distance and direction of the tower.

    You're preaching to the choir!

  • some parts are cut ...didnt totally get it

  • has anybody tried this, if so, does it work? compared to bunny ears, any better?

  • I tried it. I found as long as you rotated it towards the signal, it worked much better than bunny ears.

  • well, what is "the signal"??

  • "the signal" is vhf and uhf analog

  • What the individual who said "rotate it (the antenna) toward the signal" really meant is you should find out where the broadcasting ANTENNA is located and rotate the antenna so that the small end is pointed toward that general direction. Unless you still are using "bunny ears", in which case you should rotate them ("rabbit ears") so the ends are pointed 90 degrees away from the broadcasting location (antenna).

  • you have a high squeaky voice ROFL!!!! good vid...i guess...

  • A well known fact is is that Coatangers & Copper wire outperform storebought "Rabbit Ears" costing you, the hard worker, 30 - 100 DOLLARS!

  • There's no such thing as an "analog" antenna or a "digital" antenna. It doesn't make any difference to a antenna what form of modulation is used. If it works well on one it will work well on the other.

  • that is not true:)

  • @ChempediaTV also who ever thumbs is this is also a dumb ass analog and digital are made of same component it depends on how well there are built so dont state false statements

  • @ChempediaTV Read my comments to @daiatlus79. I make my living maintaining transmitters that deliver that signal you are receiving so I do know something about it.

  • well said

  • Please explain to me how a TV antenna knows the difference between a NTSC analog signal and a ASTC digital signal?

    It's just a piece of metal that picks up RF.

    The only thing thats important is that it's reasonably resonate at the frequency is being received but this has nothing to do with the modulation method. In fact- when a signal is being picked up by a antenna it's actually a 8-tier analog signal- it doesn't become digital until it's demodulated in the receiver.

  • Strongly agree.

    Now tv transmitters has analog input, but it'll be changed to digital, eventually power transmission and channel band too...

    Your antenna picks up only VHF/UHF signal, your RECEIVER can identify if that signal is analog or digital.

    And there's nothing like HDTV or Digital antenna, lol

  • @nakayle thats not true ya know

  • @DarkSonicProductions What's not true?- explain your disagreement so I can set you straight. I've been a broadcast engineer since 1964 so I think I know a thing or two.

  • @nakayle antennas are dependant upon the wavelength of the signal you are trying to pick up. length, spacing etc are all important!

  • @daiatlus79 Yes of course it depends on the wavelength- but we weren't talking about wavelength- We are talking about form of modulation- and for any given frequency the antenna doesn't care crap if its NTSC analog or ATSC digital- its just RF to an antenna. And to clarify things further- while it's RF it IS an analog signal- modulated in 8-steps of amplitude. It doesn't become a digital signal until it is demodulated by the TV set.

  • @daiatlus79 Digital TV uses the same channels (and thus the same wavelength) that was used by analog TV.

  • Why just use an outdoor antenna?

  • oops type O I ment 2009 sorry.....

  • It's a good video, very good presentation. BUT, analog signal will be off the air in Feb. 2008 here in the US. But, as I said in other videos there are no digital antenna.

  • so you americans really feel the economy squeezing effect, and make homemade antennas lol :P better move to Romania, we are the masters in doing that, since 1966, reaching Bulgarian television .Don't know what I mean?Never mind..comunist times ..bleah...get serious, get a nice satleitte dish or something :D

  • Don't remove this vid please. This is very educational, and we still have Analog signal for our TV here in our country for the next 2 years.

  • what contry are you in

  • nice job you are the man

  • the kid just wants to watch family guy

  • this kid is like a thomas edison with a tv

  • this kid is brilliant

  • Sure this is the simplest thing on earth, but you gotta admit, this kid is very smart for his age, most kids couldn't strip a wire on their own.

  • I started to wield metal at his age. It's not the intellect of a person, It's the ambition...

  • dude to manny jumpcuts couldent understand but i do get what your trying to say

  • Propz

    Major Propz

  • i watched a video were a guy made an antena from a phone cord and a uhf converter(or whatever u call it) one guy said he jammed the phone cords into coaxail cable he cut up and it worked good for him, alota ppl said it worked2..im looking around to see if anything better before i start cutting phone cords over here lol

  • is that channel 45 wow that is a big difference from the beginning channel 45 is all static and no sound

  • I hope you know that in the standard tv signal the video is sent using AM modulation the sound is also sent using frequency modulation the two are fit into a 6 MC band with which means your antenna has to have a rather large band with in order to work properly ,this also why they are switching to digital so the fcc can free up more channels and to improve signal quality.

  • Yeah Google is rumored to be be buying those bands for wifi or the gphone or something.

  • The reason the new antenna vid is not up let is because we keep perfecting the design but we are about done so it will be up in the next few days. Also like many of the comments have suggested i am working on making this video shorter and edited!

  • Who is Mark Ericson?

  • Type in Infinite solutions. They are fake techno vids, made by a guy named Mark Erickson

  • Interesting concept. On your next video try to make the instructions more clear (pretend you are explaining to someone in kindergarten). It would help a lot if you increased the light level, and try to remember to stay in the center of the camera's view. It would look more professional to do the work on a bench if you can manage it. Still not a bad effort, keep it up.

  • im going to try it and if it works your smart dude.

  • Thank you. GOOD JOB.

  • another smart youtube 13 year old! (sarcasm)

    jkk..

  • I'm sorry you didnt like the video

  • another smart youtube 13 year old!

  • thanks

  • this is a good way to electricute

    yourself......im an engineer i know all about this stuff

  • What no your not. This only produces at the most 9 volts DC, with an extremley low amperage due to an very small battery size....o well thanks for watching and stay posted for our improved antenna vid!

  • You obviously know nothing about RF engineering! You would be better off making a yagi out of wire and taping it to your bit of flat cardboard - then getting a lot more gain and directivity. Just buy a decent aerial.

  • your right but this is a hack. our new antenna desiegn that we will be posting shortly adresses this with a better desiegn.

  • "this is a hack" how is this a hack?!?!?!?!?

  • lol kool

    a ghetto dish

    but i think that the frrrite thind attached to the anntena will work

  • Yep. That looks like a dish antenna.

  • are u a ree ree ree tar tar tard

  • Hey Guys thanks To your loyal support our new antenna video is almost done and is set to be on Youtube Tommarow! The New design is way more DTV friendly!

    Subscribe,

    ChempediaTV

  • Awsome!

  • On this antenna, what channels do you make?

  • No it isn't yet!

  • What I mean is FOR YOUR HOMEMADE TV ANTENNA??? Call me 612-387-5623.

  • oh ittle be up sometime this week, weve been A LITTLE BEHIND, the new antenna will be better suited with the dtv converter box than this one.

    Thanks for watching,

    ChempediaTV

  • K call me please! 612-387-5623.

  • I mean, get?(NEWS, EMERGENCY, KIDS?!?!?!?)

  • Dude, where's your new VIDEO?

  • i have like 2 new ones

  • get a converter box no duh

  • i just got one a week ago

  • Oh yea, I did try to make one. I don't know if we can talk on fone(I'm NOT gay) and you can help me put this together? 612-387-5623.

  • Hmmm......Stalker! Just Kidding. Hey Man just wait 1 more day......

  • OK!

  • Oh yeah, how much is the DTV Receiver?

  • Stilll....Waiting!

  • reaaly sorry were way behind but we are really working on it!

  • ok....jw

  • Please make a vid on how much signal/quality you get ok? Can you call me? 612-387-5623

  • 'Call me' lol

  • call me my number is 911, dont worry about area code its my state wide number; my asistant will be more than happy to assist u. Dont be shy call anytime that ur lonely to! We get called alot more now that the economy is shoved so far up Bush's ass :D

  • can you call me? 911

  • What the hell are you going to do when the United States Switches to Digital Television your half assed antenna is'nt Going to work

  • i got a converter box grr.... you can plug my antenna into the converter box......

  • Your watching analog TV, digital is so much clearer.

  • watchin to much angry video game nerd kid lol

  • can you get more channels or wat?

  • well...dude...it makes the signal better and worse! wheres ur new vid?

  • lol...kid, omg i peed my pants when i watched this video, if you're gonna post a video make it usefull! lol wow. and the 6 V?

  • wow how smart r u for your age well done!!!

  • The turbine ferrite effect?

  • Nice movie. I make an Advance Antenna with A Pringles Can, Wires, Sordering Iron, and a Old Dish from an company. I might post an Video on how to make one like I did.

  • i will have to try it

  • this video was quite refreshing.back in the 20's and 30's kids made their own radio receivers called "homebrews" they used quaker oats boxes and wound copper around the round box etc.thanks man for being a smart kid with interest in making stuff! just like i did when i was a kid,made a go-kart,minibike etc.keep up the good work!

  • he is all right ive done this b4 lol. like 20 feet of coaxle cable around the 10 by 10 shack made perfect reception

    Darkman2279

    Ghost_man130

  • lol u got one thumbs up and one thumbs down lmaooooooooooo

  • u got one thumbs up and one thumbs down lmaooooooo they got u spammer ha! I bet that showed u Mr.-1 ....ok ill shut up im off O_o

  • he is all right ive done this b4 lol. like 20 feet of coaxle cable around the 10 by 10 shack made perfect reception

    Darkman2279

    Ghost_man130

  • hmm move your bunny ears for better reception

    mayb put longer cable and put outside :>

  • I meant you brute !

  • leave the kid alone you brut !

  • i would like to hear you on camera. You better find something else to do because if you ever talk shit about my videos (this is not my video) and if you live in San Diego ( i live in san diego) i would fuck your ass up bitch. So you better stop talking shit and start doing something good for yourself and go outside and find some friends.

  • Im sorry you didnt like my vid. i do get outside alot if you were wondering. I am coming out with some more videos that i hope you like better

  • You shouldnt be threating someone. Think that if someone threat you by saying that they are going to kill you, what would you do?

  • oh no! family guy isent coming in clear. :0

  • This Alum foil antenna is a JOKE. After 2009 all TV will be UHF for HDTV. A better Youtube project is "Coat Hanger HDTV Antenna!" It's a panel UHF antenna. FCC study says panel type is best/low cost UHF antenna.

  • You are totally wrong about all HDTV being on UHF. Any channel between 2 and 51 can be used for HDTV. Many stations will be using VHF channels 7-13 because they go farther than UHF signals.

  • I really HATE know-it-all's that can't read. Read what I wrote & TELL me where I said Digital TV* does not use the VHF BAND? WHERE? No where right.

    I'm fully aware of the LVHF, HVHF & UHF spectrum & usage as an engineer & ham. I know more about antennas then you ever will. Before you write stupid, READ FIRST.

    No shit sherlock, digital TV* will use VHF & UHF bands, but UHF will be utilized more.

    *GET A CLUE, it's NOT HDTV idiot, ITS DIGITAL TV, which doesn't have to be HD.

  • You said "After 2009 all TV will be UHF for HDTV". HD can be broadcast on any ch- VHF or UHF. I'm perfectly aware many stations will still be 480I SD. And for your info I had a ham lic when I was 14 and a FCC commercial lic at 19 and was operating TV BC xmtrs probably before you were born. Anytime you want to try out-tech me- go right ahead. We can have some interesting discussions about stream allocations on MPEG encoders and tuning 8VSB modulators. We can even debate 8VSB vs COFDM if you like.