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

A more in depth vid of my UHF/VHF coat hanger antenna.

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[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!

[leftyventricle]

i have not been electrocuted.

[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

[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]

Honest sexy Asian brides "busizz4me.info"

[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.