New Improved HDTV Coat Hanger Antenna - UHF / VHF

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New and improved HD coat hanger antenna - now works with VHF and UHF. If like me some of your local broadcast channels are using VHF try this - you will NOT be dissapointed! Several of my firends and family and neighbors are now using this. I now get ALL of the local brodcast channels crystal clear - some that I could not get before at all (in particular 9 - PBS and 11 - CW) ! It works best for me when the rabbit ear elements are each about 18" long. I am not sure of the range of this antenna - I am about 30 miles from the local broadcast towers. I have recently changed the construction method of the new antennas that I make for friends. I now use 12 Gauge copper wire and solder the connections together. This seems to work very well - besides wire coat hangers are getting hard to find! For the basic antenna plans go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw

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[marniemooful]

is the signal combiner nessasary?

[NewAntennaGuy]

@marniemooful It works better with it than without it.

[JppComputers]

lol you tube has opened up so much free information. nice homemade kit you got going there but you can buy a high gain antenna for 35 bucks that can avoid all this time dedicated to this project. probably evens out in time vs money

[NewAntennaGuy]

@JppComputers I have tried a wide variety of indoor antenna ranging from $20 to $50, all different designs, and ALL of them have been really bad. This odd looking home made antenna is the only thing that I know of that actually works. Many of my friends and neighbors agree and use it as well.

[FNP3]

OK, I found your video. So you're saying that a reflector does help with the UHF signal, right? How far behind the coat hanger wires should the reflector be? I ask this because I made mine on a 1 x 4 and I'll probably have to put some kind of a mounting on the back to hold the reflector.

[NewAntennaGuy]

@FNP3 All I know is that I used a 2 X 4 and it works fine. I have no idea what else might work. The reflector helped the UHF a lot. The only is that it makes the antenna more directional so placement is more critical.

[Chewybarz]

I used this to build a great antenna. But instead of dismantling the RCA antenna, I used it as is. 30-inch 2x4, build the UHF portion with 12-gauge copper starting 1 inch from the bottom, not 2 inches from top. Then mount the RCA antenna on top. Drill the hole in the middle and pass through the UHF wires. Then connect those and the coax from the RCA antenna to a UHF/VHF signal combiner. I planned to solder, but wasn't needed. 95-100 percent signal quality on all major network stations...

[micklail]

Excellent idea. I made the coat hanger antenna and it works great for me. This should help me pick up the one PBS station that I can't get now.

[NewAntennaGuy]

The reflector screen neds to be metal.

[sclatech]

Great video! This is the modification of the "Coat Hanger Antenna" that I was looking for. But I have a question... the reflector screen has to be metallic or plastic?