Build a Homemade TV Antenna from Coaxial Cable - DIY OTA TV Antenna
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Published 2022-09-19
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All Comments (21)
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My 12 year old son didn't think I could build a antenna. We wanted to watch the playoffs. I followed your video. He said well I guess its ok to be cheap if you can make it work. Lol 😆
Thanks for the help showing my son you don't always have to throw money at everything. -
Here from MrBeast's latest video!! I had no idea it was so easy to make your own!
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It was astonishing how easy this was, worked an absolute treat!
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Thanks! Went from 18 channels with an old rabbit ears to 37 channels your way. Couple tips: you don't need to strip the center conductor, and I hot glued mine to a 12" scrap of wood, tape will work. I hang it from the window blinds. Test will be tomorrow morning when the morning sun pours in that window, I'll see if the hot glue holds.
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From all the homemade antennas videos I found this is the best, great explanation, very simple, and work like a charm! thank you very much
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Thanks, this truly is the most simple, easy and free method to get OTA tv. Also, did everything in this video with only a pair of scissors, no real tools required.
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Awesome! Worked perfectly for us! We actually went 3" and it works, at least for the channel we needed! Great tutorial!!
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Been using Chromecast dongle but BBC streaming app is so temperamental. My wife wouldn't let me run a cable into the kitchen so I made your coax device and stuck it to a piece of cardboard and stuffed it behind the chest of drawers. We are only 20miles from a transmitter. PERFECT reception of digital programs. THANK YOU.
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Thanks for this... works great... quick, easy... got 29 channels clear as a bell...!!!
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Here in the metro Detroit area I made one of these, 6" length as you described. I get digital 62-1 (CBS) from my basement TV perfectly clear! Enjoying the March Madness tournament now. Thanks so much for sharing this tip!! If you're a HAM, 73s....
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Worked for me out on my ranch. Saved me some money.
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Did same but made mine almost 12 inches aandd i got 33 channels. All in clearly! Grreaat job.
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Thank you so much, for sharing your knowledge! I tried a couple of mid-range factory made antennas. Lousy reception, so I decided to try your trick. My channels come in clearly than they did, with the purchased versions. Thanks again! 👊🏽
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Just made one of these for my bedroom, works just as good as my $100 indoor/outdoor unit I use for my living room.
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Thanks it works better than any store bought one I have purchased.
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Thank you! I needed to move my HDTV antenna to another TV, and the 19" HDTV I use infrequently in my office needed a new antenna. Instead of buying a replacement, I make such an antenna using wood skewers and spare wire. The result was MORE than adequate for what I needed. I found more channels than I expected in my suburban home. For this set, I actually got more than the 40-mile rated flat HDTV antenna did, which was previously installed.
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I did something like the opposite once as a kid.
I connected the coax cable that was attached to my TV for cable tv to my stereo (an older Electrolux stereo with turntable and 8-track player) via a 75-300 ohm adapter.
I was then able to pick channel 2’s audio at 97.3FM. Oddly enough, I also picked up channel 36 (was MTV at the time through my cable company) at both 88.5 and 107.7FM.
I was just 13 years old in the late 80s. It was cool to listen to TV audio that way. -
Great video, thanks!
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Thank you! Worked great, appreciate you sharing this.
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This works like a charm!! I just dumped cable and got a Roku but I still needed 2 antennas for local. You saved me about $60.
I "cut the cord" both literally and figuratively because I got the coax cable ends from my now useless cables. LoL
