my97offroad (October 9, 2008 at 7:38 pm)

ok so last night i tried my first attempt at making one but it was a flop, i think i was in too big of a hurry puting it together so tonight i will try round 2 and maybe use copper wire.....

belairhotrod (October 9, 2008 at 7:30 pm)

built mine in a bout 1/2 hour and he's right it worked perfectly. I installed mine above the ceiling in the rafters of my cabin and Bam. done deal.

geminilove69 (October 9, 2008 at 2:20 pm)

Michelle my roommate dared me to put these photos up online

seththomas81 (October 7, 2008 at 6:00 pm)

lol, I don't think people are getting your satire

PainTrane01 (October 5, 2008 at 11:48 pm)

Took me less than an hour to build and it works perfectly. I get 22 digital channels (HDTV & SDTV) completely clear and static free. This homemade antenna works much better than any expensive store bought one. Don't waste your money at wal-mart. BUILD ONE OF THESE INSTEAD!!!

slimjim8094 (October 5, 2008 at 6:12 pm)

Must be ATSC, not NTSC. NTSC=analog, ATSC can be HDTV or SDTV, but it's digital either way.

smclean150 (October 5, 2008 at 4:37 pm)

Just built one of my own, works like a champ...just a little proper positioning/experimentation was all that was needed. Great design!!!

scarygary76 (October 4, 2008 at 10:23 pm)

Is there any way to avoid the cursed UHF/VHF converter. I DO NOT WANT TO WASTE 1.50$, can I use some wires or something?

SpitfireOFatj (October 4, 2008 at 4:27 am)

All coat hangers have a coating on them to prevent the steel from rusting. You probably have some with a coat of lacquer on them that still needs to be scraped off to make good electrical contact. Also it's a good idea to slip a bit of cardboard in where they cross. One of the things I've done is sand and then paint the board first. Good colors are black, silver and white but I did one in florescent green for a neighbor's kid's room and put plastic caps on the ends of the wires for safety.

SpitfireOFatj (October 4, 2008 at 4:06 am)

I've built four of these so far and then I decided to pull down my obsolete TV antenna on the roof. I drilled out the aluminum rivets and based an outdoor HDTV Antenna on doubling these measurements. The "V"s are made from the hollow Aluminum rods cut to 14" with the ends flattened and drilled and then attached to the plastic insulator mounting brackets with weatherproof nuts and bolts It looks store bought and pulls in a 100% signal on all channels.See if your old antenna can be modified.