Maker Workshop - DTV Antenna & Steadycam on MAKE: television

Maker Workshop - DTV Antenna & Steadicam on MAKE: television
Digital converter box? Check! Great reception? Not so much. John Park shows how to take a fistful of wire coat hangers and make a TV antenna that gives great digital reception. While hes at it, he also makes a video camera stabilizer using metal piping and counterbalance weight; great for at-home moviemaking.

Download the PDFs for these projects at www.makezine.tv

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Make: television
• Maker Workshop
• Episode 104
• John Park
• dtv antenna
• coat hangers
• steadicam
• steady cam

[kostya121212]

god damn!!! Ive never seen an original steadycam before! just WOW !!

[RZPRK]

cmon make: give sum credit to johnny chung lee at steadycam (dot) org who came up with the origninal idea. it's quite nice to use but not recommendable for professional users. also your camera has to be at least smaller than those canon xl1 models.

[Totemika]

@CCRider100 I would like to know if this antenna would work in analog TV reception. I'm in Romania and here they still have analog TV. Would like to make an antenna cause in the students residence they don't have a community antenna (just the wire instalation but conected to nothing) Thankyou...

[Jcbproducoes]

this guy doesn´t have a clue how fly a steadycam, even a cheap one!

[SuperSteeldrum]

i cant find the pdf on makezine.tv and what wire do i need

[luigi90900]

What channel is this?

[evilrobotstudios]

too bad this doesn't work anymore since you need cable to watch t.v.

[pikachuthesquirtle]

didn't kipkay do this? lol

[CCRider100]

Correction, his DIY antenna is a 4 Bay Bow Tie, not a 2 Bay. For any budding antenna builder the ratio between the length of the V's (also called driven elements or whiskers) and the spacing of the Bays or V's is important to maximize gain. For example 9" whiskers x 8.5" bay spacing is good for mid to upper UHF (30-51) and higher VHF channels (11-13)

[CCRider100]

First off, good video. The commercial antenna shown at the beginning is not a Hoverman antenna, it is a "4 Bay Bow-Tie", and the DIY using wood for the boom is a 2 Bay Bow Tie. This kind of antenna will only really work if you are in a strong signal area, ie fairly close to the towers, though a well made 4 Bay with 36"x36 curved reflector screen, and placed over your roof, could pull in channels from over 100 miles away. A GOOD LOCATION FOR DEEP FRINGE RECEPTION IS ALSO NEEDED.

[crafty25936]

7:44 *COUGH COUGH*GAY BOY*COUGH COUGH