Coat Hanger HDTV Antenna! (VHF SOLUTION!!) PART 2

[homebrewelectronics]

I wonder has anybody attempted to do any Rogers Digital TV hacks using these HDTV boxes? IC chip replacement might be needed but I think it might work!

[darrensmailis]

hey thanks for the design and idea about vhf - still have some reception issues on one vhf or the other vhf channel - I think I need two rabbit ears for the two and it should work-its the basic dipole concept.lucky i had a signal amplifier and hooked up both coathangers and rabbit ears and it worked great- so thanks again

[AdmansXkota]

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[vampricbyte]

This can be done with just more hangers/wires. With just 2 more screws you're golden. Create 2 more strait wires (should be 16 or so inches long each). With remaining hanger, create connection from the top 2 screws holding down the new wires to the center of the UHF where the baulan/transformer is. Problem solved, don't need to tear apart a lousy store bought antenna. (may still need a booster though)

[ReliableInnovation]

HOW DID YOU KNOW IT WAS FOR DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES?!!!!

[drealynn2307305]

what do u mean connect powersource

[thedoctor10able]

thx man

[Drift88king]

does it work in Australia? our frequencies here are 65-550 Mhz?

[SRW79]

I would like this so much more, it would be so much more helpful if the video were LIT well. It's so difficult to see the work you've done with such poor lighting. Also, when you took apart the UHF/VHF antenna, you didn't say whether or not it is amplified (it seems to be since there is a blue light on)...

[hlbatesjr]

Great job. Looks good.

[kzolady]

Thanks for this solution. I tried 4 purchase antennas, and the original coathanger antenna,and was unable to receive VHF. With your version I am able to receive VHF and had a use for my old amplified antenna. Works great. Kudos

[Kywdo]

OK the idea ! ( and nice the quick final comment ).

[dorajorge714]

does it work for an analog tv with a converter box? i live in cali, nd cant even watch fox 11 my tv doesnt picks it up at all. or channel 13, or 7 wich should be local, nd have the best shows. i cant afford a new tv.. please help? i haven't watched my simpsons 4 way too long.!!!

[kzolady]

Could be wrong, but it should work

[gedamrock]

god bless u man

[abdolali77]

nice tatoo man

[BennyBeezyMoney]

Again man, I love you. You have a talent in explaining things .....I listened to both of these videos intensely ....... then you said watch Desperate Housewives in HD & I crapped my pants laughing. Whatever Great Video ...God Bless

[Bandigerbolls]

If you splice rabbit ears onto the UHF coat hanger antenna, (A) connect them at the transformer connection point, and (B) make sure they're treated as separate antennas and not an enlargement of the UHF antenna. This is done by connecting them with a shielded wire (like cable) or a coil (curly spiral wire). Just connecting them anywhere on the UHF antenna throws it out of tune.

[beeper43]

Thanks for making this video. I stupidly threw out many antennas over the years, even one last week.

[DJoCoeur]

Thanks for giving more details

i just got the ANT-585 so i can try this

[mx0069]

Nice work dude!!  Keep it krafty!!

[edmmman]

What if I only have the rabbit ears? Can't I just use the end of the two wires and screw them against the coat hangers?

[jkeelsnc]

Good job. I like clever things built from common materials.

[jkeelsnc]

these kind of projects are always interesting. I may very well build one of these using coathangers and wire at some point. For the moment I am using a 4 bay antenna built using a wooden dowel as a support with 4 Radio Shack Bowtie antennas snapped onto the dowel. Actually I have the wires crossing over from the top and bottom bowties and then of course a transformer in the middle between the bottom and top pairs. I can tell you that it works very well as I receive long distance TV stations.

[kireum]

copper always better and don't need any amplified rabbit years just attach any rabbit ear antenna and have a signal adapter that can receive two sources of signals.

[jeremyschevy]

great video but do you have to have an amplified antenna or does it have to be plugged in to work?

[gyoungsta15]

please make a video to show how much channels you recieve and rescan so i can see how many channels u recieve

[ATLien174]

Cool, but could a regular powered VHF antenna be used instead of the "HD" one?

[starbucks246]

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[HonestCharlie210]

Thanks. I really need PBS here in San Antonio. come by tattoo shop at Zarzamora & Fred. rd maybe you can help with crap reception we get

[eddytsp]

[1/2] Nice on integrating a VHF solution into one of the popular designs. It seems many are not paying attention to their local markets or have an incomplete understanding of where their local channels will end up on the radio spectrum. I've seen comments claiming all DTV will be on UHF, which is false, so thanks for bringing that to light, however, I have to disagree about the use of the RCA guts on your antenna...

[eddytsp]

[2/2] I have two RCA amplified antennas and they have poor or no filtering on them, meaning any local strong signals (pager tower, ham radio, police) will completely black out digital TV reception. This always happened to me until I went back to my non-amplified rabbit ears. If you can manage, an non-amplified outdoor antenna is the best, or if you have to use an amplifier, get one that is known to have bandpass filters for the TV bands.

[maribucca]

Thank you Leftyventricle,

First for answering and second for a explicit great video. All mysteries solved for me. I am making the antenna as yours. Couldn't find enough wire coat hangers so, I am supplementing with copper wire.

[18gggg]

Do you have Reception problems with bad weather?

[leftyventricle]

actually, sometimes if winds are high or storming, the reception sort of hesitates. however, it is not an inconvenience.

[Buskieboy]

I'm going to try this using my useless Philliips amped antenna. Looks like it'll be great.

One question: any danger of electrocution? :D

I can imagine that the old amped antenna would be better with the babblin5's original antenna, since it works so good off the bat!

Thanks for doing this man!

[rep0eagle]

don't touch it while it's powered on and you have nothing to worry about

[leftyventricle]

i have not been electrocuted.

[azur246]

do i need a cable splitter to connect it to my tv if i dont use those antennas?

[now1848]

What kind of dipole do I need to buy? I don't have an old rabbit ear....thanks

[leftyventricle]

i used RCA ANT585 Amplified uhf/vhf hdtv antenna

[LilaSakura]

Great, thanks for making a more detailed Pt 2!

All commercial antennas between $20 & $50 didn't work, but the original coat hanger antenna brought in a handful of digital channels - but coan only get 50% strength no matter what positions.

Since I already have the transformer attached, I just bought VHF replacement antenna & am trying to attach like yours

[ghettoness305]

nice tattoo