Home made Antenna

[Guywithcrazyideas]

what a little angel

[TrollPancakes]

LET ME SEE

[scivids1999]

The F-connector is'n water proofed on the combiner - it will eventually break. ice stacked array though!

[dallaswindowcleaning]

I'm glad you let me see - jeez

[bluejay148]

poor girl she wanted to see too 

[Gm0neyd0llaz954]

one good storm n that shyt is in the next state lol wat a hobo

[PcTwEekers]

let me see ... NO let me see... NO let me see... fuck kid noooooooo

[sheltiemanva]

Hope you do not ignore her like that all the time.

[8592291613]

how much db loss you have using that type spitter

[xxCHOCHANEGRAxx]

THIS GUY LIVES LIKE A CAVE MAN

[telosfd]

Birds catcher!!!!

[superembe]

wow cool

[MarketingVideography]

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[davidhcj86]

that antenna is dangerous because the thunder go to antenna and the tv!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mattcarlos54]

@davidhcj86 OMG!!!

[rockinggirl50]

I've been using this method for a while now...since you gave me the idea on....now with the changes that they're about to do...no matter what we try, even rabbit ears nothing will work anymore....sometimes it makes you want to hate technology....it's just not fair for everybody......

[bbbango1]

I like this video for a number of reasons.

-First that he built the antenna

-Second he was able to build the antenna with his daughter around (I have been there).

-I think while he was filiming it he was keeping his eye on his daughter; because there was a lot of footage of the pole and roof of the house.

Overall a thumbs up for getting the job done

[5937824]

Hi, How is it grounded? Will it ground a lightning strike?

[94rainbowx33]

Do you catch bees with it ?

[sargetech]

How well does it work, Capt. Kirk! ;-)

How far is your reflector from the elements?

Nice Tenna!! Peace!!

[joshmonkeyposh]

let meee seeee

[maloneable]

this antenna can let you connect to aliens network:)

[hifiok1]

Sráč.

[simoenstoyanov]

hope there are no storms :D

[MrMitch1958]

It didn't cost much to build?85 bucks is a lot of cash for a homemade antenna.I can buy a very good store bought one far cheaper.LMAO !

[D081]

hehe cute

[abcbandeiraantonio]

que bosta de video.



[boyofthebreak]

@abcbandeiraantonio Esse video é uma carniça mesmo cara!!!

[braaup]

Damn it, Dadduh. Let her see!

[brandonhughes7]

let her see man.

[AudiophileTubes]

Adorable child! They are so naturally inquisitive. Regarding your antenna, what kind of coaxial cable are you using? Reason I ask is that there is usually huge signal losses on most cables that carry a WiFi signal, because WiFi signal frequencies are in the GHz (gigahertz) range. One has to buy special, low loss cabling designed for minimal loss and signal attenuation at these insanely high frequencies! I honestly don't see how your setup can thus work, unless you have the special cable!

[kanethelos]

@AudiophileTubes Well... comcast uses coax to go from their converter boxes to the modem, and i have used upwards of 20 feet without a problem (low end cheapo cable), in the 50 foot range, using high quality copper/gold cable which is still not very expensive, can reduce the impedance by a lot I'm sure.

[GhostLaughingMan]

Is it legal to get hd channels like this ?

[kanethelos]

@GhostLaughingMan Well... it's impossible... does that help?

[JDTV1995]

@GhostLaughingMan yes, thats how you are supposed to get them

[monkeyman1140]

Tall mast is tall.

[quitos87]

Let her see!!!!!

[M0L]

what about the rain, is secure? btw awesome work

[djbudjay]

can i use my outdoor tv aerial as a fm antenna to sends fm signals. .

[RedShadowHF]

@djbudjay Problably... But I think that would be illegal, but it would sure be cool to have your own radio station ;)

[HEYLON96]

@djbudjay Yep, but the direction the antenna is pointed you get the best transmission distance. I tried it on mine on a small fm transmitter and got about 1-2km range on the highest gain end of the antenna.

[kanethelos]

@djbudjay Broadcasting fm beyond a certain range is illegal, unless you are licensed and or registered.

[nervusboy]

CUTE KID in the beginning. Reminds me of my own. God Bless Her!!!

[sz42781]

sweet kid!

[TheEthug]

ffs man let her see!

[gell7]

@TheEthug too bad he touting his kid bummer, some peoples dont need to produce.

your kids are only going be so-little in life lets them experience every you do as parentgiving you the gift of knowledge

man this suck as 2 what he doing to-his daughter

[dkill77]

@gell7 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

-.-

[kanethelos]

@gell7 ... nobody cares, all kids are like that, and yes it get's annoying. Not to mention... she can see, lol frankly, the antenna is over 20 feet in the air... I'm also quite sure he opened the video by asking his daughter to say hi to the camera or something along those lines.

[teedot]

@gell7 blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

[w9x7cv3vg6]

you made a good duplicate of those cross country tv antenna,good job

[SniperViper1000]

Jesus, you get TV and Radio channels from Nunavut there dude?

[CoroaEntertainment]

For the people that want free over the air HD tv (also known as OTA HDTV), you first need to have a newer TV or set top digital box with a built in "ATSC" digital tuner (not analog NTSC). Without that digital tuner you will NOT be able to get these free digital/HD channels. Also, if you are more than 75 miles from the tv station's transmitter, it's unlikely you'll get these digital channels. If you are within 30 miles of a big city, you can probably expect to get 15 - 25 channels.

[CoroaEntertainment]

@cfellow you do know you can get a Channel Master 4221 clone antenna for around $20, and a clone of their 4228 (the same 8 bow tie design as the one you made of wood) for around $50. ;)

Go to factorydirect.ca and do a search for "antenna" to see them.

And these metal antennas will hold up to harsh winter condition much better than your home made wood one. But I give you props for trying to save some $'s.



[teamjasn]

man, for $75 surely you could buy one

[hombero]

I built and erected an antenna similar to this... but a good wind at about 30mph blew it down! You may want to consider some sort of reinforcement!

[TheWaqarpk]

what we have to do?

[k4eezBrit]

now you need to show a video on the TV and see how many stations you get with that antenna plugged in, ps do u have an antenna amp?

EEZ

[leifvier]

the poor america!

[akush55]

let go big scale about 500 ft coax and four trees 30 super ties (yes they do make very large zip ties)

[rhblakeman]

How far in line of sight are you approximately from the stations?

[CatHollow1]

About 10 miles.

[rhblakeman]

That's not bad - I'm 45 from most, almost 100 from Nashville. I have a similar factory made Terrestrial Digital antenna up 20 ft with an inside amp - get most except Nashville - early sunday morning Nashville comes in clear. When I had the old 15 ft long directional with rotor on analog I could get Nashville most of the day, now whether directional or all directional it's hit and miss. Thanks FCC for putting us backwards.

[realisticHomeboy]

@CatHollow1 At only 10 miles, I'd say a little piece of wire would be enough antenna.

[cfellow]

The question is how much did it cost you?

[CatHollow1]

Two transformers: $10

Splitter: $6

50 ft. Cable with ground wire: $30(?)

Threaded pipe flange: $9

Wire screen $10 (?)

Cable ends & crimper: $10

Everything else I had already. It has been up for a year now and still working. We are in a valley so I took some advice I read online somewhere to make it bigger and put it higher if you do not get reception.

[Wolfytototito]

Hey there! I'm on my way to make one. Mind if I ask ya how well it worked for ya?

[musicares]

@CatHollow1 nice job greetings from greece

[SuperPsychopathic666]

@CatHollow1 transformers $10

spliter $6

cable $30

your kids finaly having a reason to repeat themselves a thousand times . . . priceless

[carrierpilot1357]

I made something similar except mine looks like crap.

[tkdteen2]

wow man yes it can get hit by lighting but i have 4 ham radio antennas up 30+ feet in wear I live we get lighting storms atleast like 6 a week in am not getting hit by it knock on wood

[gudikof]

Isn't it a little bit dangerous to put a metal pole on top of your home? I mean it seems like it might attract a lightning to home?

[6StringKng]

Well if by chance lightning happened to strike I would rather it hit the pole instead of the house.

[villdave]

I put up one of the old "Bowtie"UHF antennas on the mroof. connecteed it to a cable which I ran to my Cable signal booster box and now feed two tv's off of that simple antenna and pull in 8 channels.

[CatHollow1]

It's still standing after a 149" snowfall winter. It is up there in the wind but I don't think it has much surface area to catch the wind. If it does come down, it did not cost much to build, most of it was stuff I had already.

[steve89z]

has wind got it yet

[CatHollow1]

Thanks to anthonytroop81. Antenna built following the directions in his video. Works better than expected.

[sonicfreeze]

Man I bet that would stand up to a whopping 15mph wind!

[BamBamFun]

You should put the kid up there!

[XanaduZune]

Haha

[sogarud3baii]

great antena