How to make the most powerful antenna in the world to receive TNT TV HD channels

[Sooks]

Neat little project do I was cringing EVERYTIME you were using that cutter! There are tools out there that make that job much easier and safe.

[albernal]

got 2 ten foot tubes used for chain link fence. Connected them and placed store bought antenna near the top. Height is what is important. Mounted against the house. Now my TVs get about 50 channels inc'd PBS and all the major networks in 1080 plus CD quality sound in stereo. Screw cable and ATT. I've had this set up for decades except for when 2 hurricanes blew it away til I replaced it. Still, liked this video

[mebcool]

Sweet :)
A simple but effective antenna with a ground plane (the aluminum can bottom).
This is, if I'm not mistaken, a directional antenna though.

Right now, I am using a 4' piece of coaxial cable with about 15" of the bare copper core exposed, the ground wires just stripped back (no ground plane) hooked up to my 50" Vizio TV with the cable running up the wall behind the unit and pulling in all three available OTA channels in my area.
The stations are at least 100 miles away and the nearest repeater is still 60 miles away.

Great job sir.
Cheers :)

[reelinandrockin]

I bought a commercial directional antenna with an antenna turner (for my living room). It cost about $100, I put it in my attic, and we get about 40 channels. I live in Western Massachusetts, about 90 miles from Boston MA.

[alanhartley]

To everyone finding something negative to say about this, find something better to do with your time. For the base/parabolic mirror, I used a slightly larger stainless bowl, but otherwise did exactly as shown in the video. It works great. I live outside of a big city, and with it pointed in that direction, I only have to move it for one out of 21 channels.

[fallwheat]

Just made one for my camper. It works as well as the $100.00 antenna I have on my house. It all stores in a ziploc bag when we travel.

[tedebear]

I spead this stuff on my garden to make it grow . When I was a kid we had a monster antenna with over a 180+ elements on the roof with an inline amplifier to pick up some of the 1st color programs . Held in place with 6 guide wires. And this thing the size of a Craker Jack's box, is the most powerful, again makes great fertilizer. 😂🤣😂

[itlnstalyn]

I did this and i now get netflix, hulu, prime, hbo max, free internet and i can see all my neighbors security camera footage!!! Thanks for the video!!

[BloodStainedTear]

I made a parabolic antenna for my usb wifi adapter out of a mesh food strainer ..actually worked pretty good

[jeffdurall]

Depending upon your location and how many stations are in your area, you can simply use an unfolded paper clip and put it in the cable jack on the back of the tv. Larger cities, more channels, smaller rural towns, not so much.

[mwayne]

My amazement was seeing a Bic pen work like that...

[smokes]

Thats really no better than just doing the center element. Its an omni non directional antenna no matter what you tack onto it. If you want it directional the second longest element is where you connect the coax and the center goes to the left side and the outer braid goes to the right. Not sure if your element dimensions are correct either. It depends on the frequency you are trying to get. There are already designs and you just scale it to the frequency you want ( the center of all the channels you want to watch.) If you know the frequency it is that in HZ divided by (300 million) and then divide that by 8 and that's the length of each side of that driven element I mentioned above. If you want to make one just as good as what you just did but way less difficult, divide by 4 and just strip that amount off the end of the coax and you have one as good as any indoor antenna you can buy. Just make sure the outer foil or weave does not short against the center wire. That's the only thing that can go wrong. Then just place in the best spot.

[jakebrodskype]

If you asked an art student to build a Yagi antenna, this is what you'd get. It looks cute, but any piece of metal would work just as well. Also, a few lessons in soldering and proper soldering iron maintenance would be good advice for this guy.

[samsen]

Bet it won't add anything more than a bare wire of the same length to receive available channels however must admit, IT LOOKS CUTE!

[lonniebooker]

I'm impressed and you can get all the channels in HD as you wish for free without paying both cable and dish.

[Heisenberg........_]

The key to great reception is no obstructions and pointed towards the signal towers the higher the better when it comes to the antenna.

[therealzooch]

You’re scaring me with your sharp tools!

[rrichards]

What's really cool is around Christmas time you can hang ornaments on it and put a star on top.

[electrickal]

This worked super well for cell phone calls. I copied what i saw here and added it to an old dial telephone that must be 50 years old and i was able to connect it to my cell tower and call my granny in Australia for free. Thanks

[simol]

I came across this video while researching FM antenna for my vintage Marantz receiver but I was shocked to see those Moroccan channels at the end of the video. 😅👍🇲🇦