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

[@albernal6653]

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

[@Sooks569]

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

[@KalatSaar]

the way he solders the wires together .. its no problem to use a Nail cliper

[@fixedit8689]

Dollar store tools?

[@alanhartley173]

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.

[@dont2086]

I've worked in electronics for many years I remember back when the old conventional televisions had sound separation at the third IF strip. Watched a big part tubes transitioning to solid-state. The antenna above that's being demonstrated works quite well anytime you're dealing with high frequencies it's amazing at little changes or tweaks that will make a difference. I wasn't at all trying to be negative just a little attempt at a sense of humor that didn't turn out so well. I'll be the first to tell you when dealing electronics when designing electrical circuits I've made some of the biggest mistakes going..as a matter of fact I use a similar design with my Wi-Fi for my gaming computer and by manipulating the link's of those elements you can obtain many different variations. You have my utmost apologies if you was offended in any way.

[@jeffdwyer6105]

That is a 1/4 wave 800mhz whip with no directional qualities , in other words , a half of a 'rabbit ear' . you are only teaching people how to cut their fingers with a razor blade

[@kingupool]

Finding bad things to say is there time killing thing,,, ease off of their habits

[@mikefarrell734]

Not so much negative as explaining that there are simpler and equally effective ways of doing this

[@basicguy5785]

Well, he sort of asked for it... "the most powerful antenna in the world"

[@reelinandrockin9022]

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.

[@jeffdurall8353]

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.

[@pamelademuynck8740]

I had tried the paper clip but not sure what or how or why as it kinda did okay till a storm came through than I am unsure if I missed a step or am 🤔

[@Elojay2006]

@Black-Handed_Ice_ Gwiazda how does it really work

[@ashley_engle]

Atari and NES can be used as well 😘

[@isaiahclay726]

@@pamelademuynck8740 😎

[@abnerloblaw3453]

Or you could use Dad's rabbit ears. 😁 Really.

[@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 :)

[@emmanuelkitiavai]

Wow this is incredible 😮

[@harleyme3163]

very much so, in fact you'll lose the signal only 3 degrees off at 20 feet away...... lot like a yagi but a lot less forgiving

[@wimtel]

Not to be rude, it is not what you think. It looks like a directional Yagi antenna, but it isn't. It is actually just a monopole antenna. The can serves just as the other pole (ground plane / counterpoise). Very likely a quarter wave Ground Plane Antenna (the one with the sloping radials) will work better.

[@HarmonRAB-hp4nk]

your right this is just a simple yagi/uda with a reflector

[@gaibidimgangmei7937]

You are not showing antenna joining with the😂 receiver how can we believe

[@fallwheat200]

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.

[@lg5221]

lol

[@lg5221]

you mean trash bag?

[@fotodoktor42]

I have built several of these and they work very well. I mounted one on the top of a mobile home and it pulls in channels from 50 miles away. I live in a rural area of Oklahoma.

[@1948tedebear]

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. 😂🤣😂

[@artman102]

He probably does not care. Over a million views, he's probably made hundreds of dollars. It's called click bait.

[@radioroger1683]

Ted Papesh - In 1962 in the flatlands north of Saginaw Michigan my father and a telecom friend built a high gain antenna with 300 ohm lead, 60 feet on schedule 80 pipe, we could pick up a whopping 5 stations! up to 200 miles away! Also had a 100 ft of wire wrapped around the pole for AM radio and at night could easily pick up KFI Los Angeles, WOR New York, KOA Denver, KCBS San Francisco and my sisters favorite 690 AM Tijuana Mexico with Wolfman Jack! 690 was running 100K watts, Those were the days!

[@electrickal1]

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 man!!!!!!!!!!

[@gardoarellano9601]

It works 99 percent thanks for sharing bro i got a lot of channel to scan watch it loud and clear

[@itlnstalyn6224]

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!!

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@COO415]

Shooots! That's all you got?. I did the same, I got all your packages plus CIA, NSA, M15 and GRU core electronic intelligence data. Oh almost forgot, the FBI's too😊

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

@@COO415 💯💯💯🤣

[@smoke05s]

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 300000000 (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.

[@deadduck8307]

There's a reason why children make TV antennas as science projects: they're VERY forgiving for the following reasons. 1) It is receive only, so impedence matching is not so important. High SWR will not cause a transmitter to overheat because there is no transmitter in a consumer TV application. 2) TV stations generally install their transmitters on relative high ground, transmit insane amounts of power (10-100kW depending on channel # and their FCC license), and use absolutely crazy tech to get every ounce of distance out of their transmitter. This includes things like special pressurized coax cable that is 4" (1.8cm) in diameter to connect the transmitter to the antenna because as good as teflon is at insolating, air does an even better job. This makes the cable us consumers use look amateur because, well, it is. 3) TV channels are licensed in a wide rage of frequencies from ~50Mhz for Channel 1, to 700Mhz at the high end. So, even a poorly made antenna will likely be tuned SOMEWHERE in this range and work for some channels. All that said, some problems here.... 1) Your reflector being the bottom of a soda can is about 1.2cm in diameter. This means it won't generally reflect anything > 4.8cm which is about 6Ghz. No TV stations operate above 6Ghz. It might make a decent 5Ghz WiFi reflector though. 2) Your driven elements are 5cm, 4cm, 3cm, 2cm, and 1cm. This means they'll operate also only above 20cm which is about 1.5Ghz. 3) Your use of connectors is excessive. Remember, connectors introduce loss. 4) When removing the center conductor insolation, you cut way too close to the shield. One stray strand that you don't pull back and your 75 Ohm coax becomes a 0 Ohm short. Still might work for TV though. 5) You use bare, exposed copper. There's a reason why most DIY antennas aren't made of copper but are instead aluminum--aluminum won't solder, but copper oxidizes when exposed to air. This changes it's impendence and even IF the antenna is able to be impedance matched / tuned when its built, it'll untune itself over time as the copper oxidized. Most people would prefer the inability to solder aluminum over the oxidation of copper. Brass is a good middle ground, it won't oxidize nearly as much and it's solderable. 6) Almost all your solder joints are too large for the frequencies the small size of the antenna makes it decent for, and are 'cold solder joints' -- just poor technique there. And that's about it. My best friend when I was 9 made a better TV antenna, if I am honest... That said, for a KZbin video, I think you can exploit a couple misconceptions. 1) HD TV must be like WiFi or something, so it's gonna have a small antenna, right? No, but some people will think this. 2) It looks like a cross between a parabolic dish (used for Direct TV) and a Yagi they've seen at like Radio Shack / on poles leaning against houses. So, it's plausible. All this said, I'd think it's impossible to define a 'best antenna.' One could define it based on gain, but this gain comes at the cost of a limited radiation pattern. It's like a flashlight -- yes, it's brighter in one direction due to the reflective cone, but at the cost of all the directions the omni-directional bulb is not illuminating. Taking the bulb out of it's enclosure loses the gain (the extra brightness), but in exchange you get back it's ability to shine in all directions. So too are RF antennas. Gain always comes at the cost of a limited radiation pattern (directionality). Omni-direction high gain antennas exploit our inability to think in 3 dimensions. They reduce your vertical radiation pattern to achieve gain, but preserve your horizonal 360 degree radiation pattern. Hence, some marketing department decided to call them 'omni-directional' when that's only true in the planar 2D space when looking top down at the antenna.

[@dr.phillnaadoftennessee.9788]

It's just a little TV antenna... He never said he was trying to make contact with Planet Coneheads.. 🙄 SMH...

[@deadduck8307]

@@dr.phillnaadoftennessee.9788 Well, a couple things... 1) We (as a planet) are currently trying to do that with the SETI project (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence). They have a large array of parabolic dishes and some DSP processing to combine the receive aperture of the dishes into one larger, more powerful antenna. 2) The title literally says the most powerful antenna **in the world** So, yeah, he kinda did say he was trying to contact planet coneheads, AND implied that they watch TNT in HD.

[@you2449]

Hmmm...

[@lonniebooker970]

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

[@houriyaben5812]

Bonjour monsieur Alors je voudrais savoir comment svp merci

[@simol4538]

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. 😅👍🇲🇦

[@RoJoBBandG]

I suggest this be retitled, "How To Do Wirestripping With a Boxcutter and Somehow Not Land Yourself in the Emergency Room." That was the truly amazing part, and this is coming from someone who always used X-Acto knives dangerously.. Can't wait for the follow up video, "Running With Scissors While Cutting Paper Dolls."

[@Jerry-rf8jt]

😁

[@mwayne7953]

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

[@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.

[@nicucucu9765]

Foarte inteligență procedura.FELICITĂRI.

[@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.

[@MrMrgcool]

listen to you, obviously a pro at everything no doubt .why even bother commenting NO ALL

[@drampadreg1386]

A sharper drill bit too, that thing had a hard time getting through a tin can.

[@drampadreg1386]

@@MrMrgcool You mean Know all.

[@williecunningham3725]

@@drampadreg1386 you mean "Mr Know It All" 😄

[@rekim]

I was reading all the responses here and did not want to say anything. But since you did. A piece of wire would do as good (at a good length) most likely . They need to google yagi antenna and see it is a directional antenna. That might make a light bulb go off for them. I did not watch much of the video, I saw a yagi and the title and just started reading and laughing. Then hit ^F and typed yagi and saw your reply.. Thanks for the entertainment.

[@ИванСтрыкайлов]

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!

[@christinakalix9279]

So....there is no place you can pull in stations with a paper clip in your cable jack, right??

[@christinepennell5746]

That's what I use

[@chrisscott1547]

This LOOKS like an antenna. That's the best I can say about it.

[@jayjohnson1612]

I’m not sure it’s the most powerful antenna in the world, but it is an antenna. Good job.

[@danielbergeron8988]

Silver Danberg31

[@pook6212]

Antenna of sorts, must have strong signals there.

[@drvictorplaton7004]

Leider Gottes funktioniert nicht. Habe genauso gemacht. Vielleicht in der Nähe des Senders aber auf dem Lande kommt kein Signal rein.

[@lo1234-w9r]

A true yagi antenna has the alternate sides tied together for an amplification effect. What you have there is a piece of wire with smaller pieces of wire soldered to it. It's an antenna, albeit a poor one.

[@hotpeppersrcool]

I agree. The first thing I noticed is this is WAAAY too small to be a TV antenna. The wavelengths would be much better for 2.4 Ghz wifi. The highest freq on the UHF TV band would need to be about 3 times as long as the biggest elements here - and all of the other channels would need to be even longer. My cable was out the other night and we really wanted to watch Jeopardy. All I needed was a 12" alligator lead clipped to the center conductor of the coax and re-scan for "antenna" and we got 38 channels.

[@samsen3965]

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!

[@therealzooch]

You’re scaring me with your sharp tools!

[@rrichards31]

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

[@Arizona_rider]

I had a coax cable attached to a screw on the wall socket outlet and the other high up and a coat hanger attached to the copper coax sticking out. Hung it up and it picked all the local channels up. That was 2000

[@Mogwai06]

2000 local channels?!? Where in the shit do you live??

[@BloodStainedTear]

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

[@stevestv3852]

I purchased a real quality American made UHF/VHF/FM antenna with pre-amplifier and had it installed by a professional antenna company at roof level and connected to 6 televisions throughout my home and ..... WOW here in New England I now receive 84 clear, reliable and free TV stations. Not 8, not 12, not 25, not 35 channels but 84. Do it right!

[@AwesomeMidnightDrags]

I have done this with just a single metal paperclip. You can use anything metal, as long as it touches the middle of the connector on the tv.

[@spiritwolf7]

You can make an antenna with a fork it works just fine

[@keithgordon9399]

I think I will stick with the Aluminum Reynolds Wrap! It comes in 75, 150, and 200 Foot Rolls!

[@epoc162]

While the concept of the antenna is fine, it has core problems. Right behind the TV it’s not going to do anything. You would need it up higher like on a roof. It would also need to be larger, like 6 foot. If you drive around long enough, you will likely find a house with a proper antenna on its roof. There is a reason they are that size and a lot of actual science behind it.

[@stingray7275]

Eine Fußnagelzange zum Drahtschneiden !!!! ... Was für ein Profi !!

[@mustermann1669]

Dritte Welt halt. 😄 Die Maße hat er bestimmt von Elon Musk's Homepage...geht bestimmt auch für Starlink... und ... und ...und ... 😂

[@Leopoldino2020]

WOW the signal is received perfectly. The author of the antenna needs to be given the Nobel Prize urgently!!!

[@Keralaforum]

Thanks very much. I made one using your method. IT worked perfect! Almost a copy of your antenna - another beer can though!!! I used it indoor. Antenna was kept near the roof close to a corner of a side wall.

[@riveredgeboys8724]

It works in indian TVs

[@larrybailey711]

I made two of these. Coated one in dilithium crystals and aimed them at each other one hundred feet apart. I now receive all broadcasts and can change the channels by simply blinking my eyes. ( Note: do not use standard wire cutters. You MUST use toenail cutters for all director elements).

[@ransirikumara9903]

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[@ransirikumara9903]

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[@chuckmaddison2924]

You forgot the condom to protect from stray capacitance.

[@hotpeppersrcool]

Good job, Scotty! Did it "beam you up"???

[@mr.g5963]

🤣

[@chrisfoster9080]

Once made a 6 bay antenna out of coax, coat hangers and a 2x4. Pulled in HD PBS from over two hundred mile away. These will work much better in a city, but will work sometimes in a rural setting too. Never know until you try.

[@arthurmabeejr8752]

It's a known facts that even if you put an outdoor antenna up 200 feet above your home, that signal can only pull maxium 80 miles away: The 200 miles is erroneous because the Axis of the earth, if you look that up, you'll find it to be a fact. I can see 80 but, not the 200 mile range 😅😅😅😅

[@kennethfwheeler2555]

When I was a cable guy. In the US the fcc monitors cable companies for leaks. If channel 14 (I don't remember the frequency) was leaking from our catv. We would be fined. The US has a frequency reserved for civil air patrol (airplanes) if a catv company leaks it disrupts this frequency. Once a man in a trailer park had cut the cable coming from a 4 way splitter and screwed it to his trailer. His idea was to use the metal trailer shell as an antenna. Not realizing one of the cables was still hooked to active cable tv tap. We all had to find this huge leak or the fcc would fine us. We disconnected it, but as a favor to him we connected it the way he meant to and could pick up every off-air channel available and better F.M. radio too.

[@pinokiomil1712]

تحية من الجزائر . كل الحب لاخوتنا واحبتنا في المروك .

[@janklas7079]

I love how you take the effort of using a pen to mark the place where you're going to drill a hole, and then drill a totally off-center hole :P

[@harmonicasplay1608]

Drill was in reverse for the most part.

[@andrew_koala2974]

One could use a drop of water - which will accumulate at the exact centre. A drop of any colored liquid could be used making it easier to see - such as food coloring - and first make a small pilot hole with a 1mm drill or smaller - or punch a hole with a rugged needle in the center of the liquid droplet. Always work to be as precise as humanly possible.

[@philwilliams899]

Works fine as long as you live less than 3 miles from the transmitter!

[@siggyretburns7523]

A bent wire works as well. But location has everything to do with it. Been there, done that.

[@diytoptricks]

This DIY antenna is like a game-changer!

[@binsbins1]

Only one element should be hooked up to the coax conductor. The others are just for amplification of the signal and should be insulated from the coax conductor.

[@ФаткилМулаянов]

Бог

[@harleyme3163]

if is a yagi the other elements are meant to dirrect the wave into that coax connection

[@davescan5196]

Some people have WAY TOO much time on their hands. There are so many facets of this design that are wrong, inaccurate etc. it has to be someone's idea of a joke. And TNT is a cable channel, not over-the-air. If the can bottom is supposed to be the reflector, it is smaller then the longest yagi director element.

[@Jmartestuesday]

It has to be either a joke or the result of someone who in need of education.

[@rh-bd6wv]

@@Jmartestuesday Nah, just some unscrupulous person that knows most people won't know better.

[@melaniecotterell8263]

Having the antenna in the line of sight of the transmitter is key to success. You can receive signals from far away if antenna and transmitter are high enough not to be affected by the curvature of the earth/

[@johnkoch2832]

I took some cannabis and did not need an antenna.

[@Alotipsalo]

I tried it! Great success. It looks beautiful.

[@randywebb7023]

We used to do about the same with old HBO boxes. Put a piece of Aluminum foil on the coax, and slide it up or down until the signal came in.

[@yonderisgone9894]

Click bait strikes again! You sir have earned your ½ cent from me.

[@alimasoumy3031]

As I remember antenna shape and length very much depends on the frequency you try to fetch,your position, your surroundings,.. at the end ,,an antenna which works for you will not work for your neighbor if you receive a weak signal.

[@sohaibirshad5386]

As far as I know, when I was in engineering class it was supposed to be different. I think UHF required a lot more area of antenna

[@huh4233]

Wavelength = Speed of Light/Frequency. L = C/F

[@sohaibirshad5386]

@@huh4233 The most widely used formula to calculate the approximate overall length of wire required for a dipole is: 468 / frequency (MHz) = length of wire in feet.

[@sohaibirshad5386]

@Xaphan Vassago The most widely used formula to calculate the approximate overall length of wire required for a dipole is: 468 / frequency (MHz) = length of wire in feet.

[@georgemock1387]

You can pick up those stations with a coat hanger and no soldering required! If you don't have a coat hanger just use a lead pencil. Just don't bother to sharpen it because you will not get any sharper reception. Did you ever read the book "Antennas For Dummies?"

[@Mahesaparabolacctv]

This is a great video, creative ideas, you don't need to buy an antenna anymore, you can make it yourself

[@radioroger1683]

At 7:30 why add a short jumper instead of one continuous piece of coax? The more connections, The more loss

[@__WJK__]

Exactly... every junction creates 5db signal loss + adding redundant connectors is a waste of time and money!

[@jlinkels]

That you are picking up signals is by sheer luck and sufficient signal strenght, not because the antenna does something useful. It looks very impressive with the tapered directors resembling a logper, and the dish reflector, but that doesn't do a thing. I think the directors pick up some frequencies because of their varying length. A real antenna which this project seems to resemble has a real feed point on the active element. And yes, the reflector and directors could have a shape like this and even soldered to a common conductor.

[@techguy9023]

It looks like the center conductor of the coax is all that is touching the elements. Some Yagi-Uda antennas have insulated elements but this is a joke.

[@Steve-kl3mo]

A simple directional Yagi antenna. I don’t know about being the most powerful antenna, but it will work. BTW, In a lot of cases just a simple length of bare wire will work good pretty good. Nice video though.

[@JESUSCHRYSLER5512]

@@321Andrew PROVE IT, LIAR!!

[@SpeedyTub]

@@321Andrew Yeah, no kidding...dude needs to take a xanax...your comment had ZERO negativity..???

[@luisdanielibarrola8173]

Wow!!! So powerful that working in reverse mode it could throw the ISS off course and convert it in spacial debris!!!

[@joshuapowell1868]

Great video everything proven vhs tapes don't stop playing at all like internet does an tv antenna does

[@ominkan3129]

A man that loves to play with wire and waste time. Not his own time but everyone else's time. What a guy.

[@bballboyjumpshot9353]

How is your time waisted

[@roelotterspeer6535]

@@bballboyjumpshot9353 Just by looking at this vid.

[@davegoodwin1848]

@@roelotterspeer6535 he didn't force you to.. you made your own choice to.

[@earlhaywood4372]

@@bballboyjumpshot9353 I wholly agree with you.

[@earlhaywood4372]

I wholly agree with you

[@markbrindle8988]

I made something similar out of a charred piece of wood, which I pushed into the back of my TV. I get lots of on demand channels and free to air channels. Not thought of a name for it yet though!

[@off-gridhillbillystyle3735]

now that's funny 😂

[@harrylarrabee7634]

Wood doesn’t pick up signal only a wood pecker

[@ufafgd]

Call it "Ol' Woody"

[@markbrindle8988]

Guys, its a firestick!! Educate yourselves!

[@billysantiesteban4199]

@@markbrindle8988 🤣

[@richiekenny1548]

I'm more impressed how he wrote on the wire with. Ballpoint pen

[@amynoacid]

I know, right?

[@TipsDIY8989]

Many thanks for sharing your amazing tips with us. Very useful. 🎉

[@hugh-iu7vo]

Very informative very interesting I think I'm going to try this

[@dongoldsmith6366]

Wow, even the cat realized the drill was running backwards.

[@Fadamor]

Every connection results in a bit of signal degradation, so you could instantly improve this "most powerful" antenna by skipping the video from 6:49 to 8:00 and connect the resulting LONG cable (minus the F-connector female-female adapter) directly into the back of the reflector.

[@radioroger1683]

I don't see the purpose in the short jumper, As an amature antenna builder I learned at an early age , the less connections, the less signal loss.

[@jackskinner7020]

Yes this video is a Lesson on what not to do. And oh my God can’t you find a good pair of wire cutters. Is dimensioning is inaccurate. I really don’t know where to begin How bad this is

[@ntmd8or100]

@@jackskinner7020 a better drill bit to go through that aluminum soda can would help too. I would probably cut the bottom out of the can first and lay it on a wooden drill block to make it easier to drill the can.

[@c.f.beeble]

I wonder if a variation of this could be made to improve my garage-door opener's range. Can you tell me which frequency this particular antenna is designed to receive? Am I correct that changing the lengths and spacings would "tune" it? Anyway, it's a great video, without a lot of useless chatter!

[@waterguy5924]

yes, just run a longer cable from the opener to the front of the garage, drill a hole in the wall and run it through that...i also did one similar for the antenna on my gate opener and raised it up to about 15 feet...the garbage that came with the gate, would only open it if you were sitting in front of it, now it opens from about 1000 yards away, same with the garage door opener...not even kidding... I turn the corner up the street, hit both buttons, both are open by the time i get in the driveway...comes in real handy during a typical Florida rainy season

[@hotpeppersrcool]

It would be harder to get inside your garage motor and find where to attach a coax than it would be to build an antenna. Your garage opener is probably on 315 Mh. There are LOTS of free design programs online - but, really, you might make things worse in the process...

[@chur1503]

Wow.....now that's a genius techanology style

[@kdrichardson5261]

I thank you. These are simple easy designs of proven antennae. I have no need to be mean and judgemental. With reciever amps, and shields... these can draw many more channels.

[@kdrichardson5261]

And...reciever choke coils

[@wilburosgoodwormsley]

Damn! Looks like its time for a new drill bit!

[@seeburgm100a]

and a sharpie, and a sharp pair of dykes, and some better soldering skills and a proper tool for stripping coax.. this video is nothing more than another come on to make money by the provider. It's hokey at best.

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

Pretty creative. But as pertaining to the actual cable, wouldn't just buying a coax cable from an electronics store reduce the workload?

[@pryder5943]

Well the cable would have already been brought. So if you go and buy a new one, it still needs to be altered to suit the purpose. So what's the difference ?

[@alayandegabriel9563]

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[@tnglotech]

Good fack video 😂, very fanny

[@dont2086]

If you can find muffler bearings to braze on the tips of those elements works much better but they're hard to find.

[@DetroitFettyghost]

They’re not hard to find, they’re on the shelf next to the blinker fluid.

[@derrickfortner8857]

You can pick them up with the sky crane.

[@rc4688]

Now stick it in your ear like Uhura and you can receive messages from Star Fleet.

[@AmazingSmart-ngth]

Thank you for sharing this wise message.

[@master-diver5832]

Nice video. Once I made a 2.4 gig parabolic wifi antenna using an aluminum snow sled, and an old 1 lb. coffee can (the wave guide) on a fixed tripod. Inside the can I mounted a 1.25 inch vertical antenna (the active element, with a coax connector), 1.25 inch from the rear of the can. Note: if you don't have the snow sled, make a parabolic dish or get an old Dish Network dish. The element (antenna ) should be in the focal point of the parabolic dish. The focal point math formula is: Radius squared divided by the depth X 4..

[@drd1924]

Focal Point Question please, is it 1. (R^2 / Depth) X 4 or 2. R^2 / (Depth X 4) is it equation 1 or 2?

[@master-diver5832]

@@drd1924 Your 2nd option

[@darylp8564]

If you are using a DirectV or Dish network reflector....keep in mind that while they are parabolic....they are only a section of a full parabolic dish. This means that the focal point is NOT in the center of the dish. Thats why the original feed is offset from the center. Pointing the feed at the correct focal point is very important, as is the pointing of the dish reflector itself. The center of the reflector is NOT where you point...for boresight.

[@SrslyFukthssht]

NU UH. YEAH, I KNOW BUT NOW YOU JUST MAKING ME MORE ANGRY SO STFU

[@SrslyFukthssht]

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[@rustyevolution6298]

A Fractal antenna is both easier to make and much better at pulling in signals.

[@robertmcbride4776]

Ahh, but a Fractal is clearly not the most powerful antenna in the world to receive TNT TV HD channels like this one..unless of course you say it is.

[@rustyevolution6298]

@@robertmcbride4776 lol. Well TNT TV is a special case that requires special people. Fractal antennas are used in every single cell phone on the planet so they must be good for something. 😃 You can make your own fractal antenna for TV reception in just a few minutes with no soldering required that will be more functional than the one in this video, but don't tell anyone or TNT viewers might get upset.

[@kathleennorton2228]

@@rustyevolution6298 How, please?

[@huh4233]

@@rustyevolution6298 Show us your portfolio, please?

[@danielharvey7047]

Man that’s one hell of an ink pen 🖊😆

[@ATekFPV]

seriously my thoughts watching the entire video

[@Tips365day]

I have subscribed to your channel

[@azadrahi8926]

Ye bahot hi amazing antenna hai humne bhi aisa antenna bana kar jab apne waki taki se se connect kiya toh uski range 200 meter se jump marte hue 20 km tak ho gayi.

[@jamest6837]

If you mount it on your car you'll almost be able to join ghost busters

[@mostlovedyoutuber3258]

🤣🤣🤣🤣😅Nice1 #420🇮🇪🔞⛽️🍃💨💨

[@thearchitect817]

Or on your helmet to receive space messages from Clandathu😃

[@jamesvanwinkle3951]

Your power level will also "almost" be over 9000... The cat is a nice touch. Meow

[@ProgressiveDiscussions]

this guy is the real life MacGyver.

[@tipsintelligent2605]

Though I am a skilled craftsman, I'm still blown away by his skills

[@SrslyFukthssht]

bet that ain't all you've been blown by

[@SrslyFukthssht]

took him like 15 minutes to solder us a part what would i do to you away if you wer blown by mine,

[@SrslyFukthssht]

does it tak you 15 minutes to blowa awy?

[@SrslyFukthssht]

skills, like how to pretend they logged into internet with useless... what's that fucking power point and a Ted talk. fuk you powerpoint

[@vishalcful]

Godaaamn, I did exactly like in the video and when I tested it I could even capture my neighbour's bedroom!!!.🤔 This thing is POWERFUL yo!

[@fingerfeller]

seriously thinking about cutting the cords and screw xfinity, at&t , dish, .... too expensive , but i wouldnt be able to get many channels i do watch by downgrading to an antanea , but it would sure help me financially, i do live in rural area, approx 20 miles from nearest city, great video, looks like an easy DIY if i choose to in the future , thank you

[@jbwood3341]

When it comes to line of sight communication the adage "Height is Might", always applies. Whether you are receiving or X-mitting.

[@Volcano-Man]

What was the saying - 1 metre outside us better than 10 metres inside. I have - using 10 Watts of RF transmitted from G land (UK to the heathens) to ZL, (New Zealand,) over the pole to Alaska, and most if tbe world. My antenna - a quater wave dipole, feed point about 10 metres above sea level. Oh and all I used was A1A - - Morse Code to those who don't know. I still only use HF, A1A or J3E.

[@jbwood3341]

@@Volcano-Man That must be a G Land saying about meters. We're on the Imperial System...

[@Volcano-Man]

@@jbwood3341 We use meters to measure how much electricity, gas for heating, cooking, and water we use, at the petrol station the petrol or diesel is shown on a meter on the pump. Metres are a measurement of distance, gave over using toes and fingers yonks ago, and as a scientist I have used the SI units since goodness knows. Oh and NASA lost a few spacecraft because of using toes and fingers to calculate forces etc. The world uses metres, kilograms etc; one day you'll join the real world.

[@jbwood3341]

@@Volcano-Man If you are a "Scientist" , I am an "Astronaut"...

[@Volcano-Man]

@@jbwood3341 Oh but I am a scientist and what's more I can prove it. Now go away and pretend to be what ever you dream you are! So before you dream of orbiting your own personal black hole, just what scientific qualifications to do hold? Don't be shy!

[@michaelbrininstool4515]

Every connector looses about 1.5-3dB. This could be made with fewer 3dB drops.

[@allaboutroofing2]

*loses. One O. Looses isn't a word and loose is the opposite of tight.

[@Milkmans_Son]

​@@allaboutroofing2 loose /lo͞os/ verb 3rd person present: looses Now go climb back up on your roofes, smart guy.

[@allaboutroofing2]

@@Milkmans_Son use it in a sentence.

[@Milkmans_Son]

@@allaboutroofing2 You're the english teacher, do it yourself.

[@allaboutroofing2]

@@Milkmans_Son how long did you try before you gave up and said "shit he's right" ?

[@kgabris3387]

Why bother with the 6inch cable and female union? Db gain loss? It would be interesting to see the results of an antenna analyzer.

[@roberts7107]

I was thinking the same thing I couldn't tell was there any snakeskin left on the exposed copper cable line? We always had to peel it off with our thumbnail.

[@markstepelton5559]

Buitiful workmanship WELL DONE BROTHER

[@juntariman]

If KZbin was there when we discussed Yagi antenna designing in our class and i had watched this video, i would have had failed in the class. The construction of this cute antenna defies the design logic of a Yagi antenna. First, the parabolic soda can cut-out is no longer needed because the longest element in a Yagi antenna is the reflector. The first few elements are the director which are the ones receiving the signals in various frequencies (hence the various lengths) and feed the signal to the driver. A driver is placed after the directors just before the reflector. This driver is insulated from among the elements and is the one connected to the coaxial cable. Here, the cable is connected to the boom where all the elements are soldered. LOL This is a fake-tech.

[@robertpease259]

The driven element(s) must also be insulated from the boom and their connection must be through a matching transformer ( to eliminate standing waves AND changes the 300 ohms balanced characteristic impedance of the antenna to unbalanced 75 ohms impedance of the cable) which then feeds the signal into the cable.

[@donpaolino5075]

This antenna can best be described as a ground plane with loaded stub coming out of it. yagi as described by jun tariman is basically correct but here are some facts: there are two types of yagis: standing wave and travelling wave like a log periodic. the standing wave antenna is very narrowband(about 5 per cent bandwidth for 2:1 vswr). Also the driven element need not be insulated from the boom in some designs like the common gamma matched variety used by ham radio operators. log periodics are transmission line antennas with succesive elements 180 degrees out of phase which provides an end fire configuration: this so the radiation is not directed through the largest element which would be a blockage situation. open ended coax has a radiation resistance in the millions of ohms and would not couple well to free space; the "antenna" described in the video will do better but keep in mind large city stations are 50000 watt blowtorches and any hunk of metal will give some results.

[@joefish6091]

@Y No Faith based radio technology, a bit like the Germans and their faith based Enigma machines. (they thought they were complicated beyond human minds, thus secure.)

[@abdulhadi9037]

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[@daftzen]

Shouldn’t it be sensitive , rather than powerful if it’s a receiver?

[@Robert-xq7mu]

LOL yes 🤣

[@bingusmctingus4395]

They are, they receive the specific signal, then run it through a Preamp circuit to make sure it’s a solid signal. Then you get the result of boobies or whatever you want to watch

[@ka7znm]

actually both "sensitive" and "powerful" suggest active component, which an antenna is not. it can only be efficient at radiating RF, and that efficiency is always bi-directional... whatever gains or losses will affect both transmitted and received signals. Would like to see the radiation pattern for this antenna. Should be noted that this is NOT the type of antenna that it appears to be. But then what kind is it?

[@cv7245]

@@ka7znm Fake, oddly non-directional yagi, apparently.

[@ka7znm]

@@cv7245 It may well work well, but not like what it pretends to be. Antennas are a solved problem. Someone out there can model this and post the results. It need not be a mystery.

[@Truearthtruman]

Cool idea, just start with a single short coax and remove one end. Save all the cutting, stripping and the need for the barrel adapter.

[@OtterLakeFlutes]

What kind of antenna is this? A yagi's elements are not all connected electrically like this. They are isolated from the center support and only one toward the rear is active, usually the second to last (here counting the dish thing as the last or reflector). The only thing I can think is it's a sort of compromise that works (I'd like to see a set of rabbit ears not work here to prove it's doing anything special and not random wire exposure).

[@jameswolf4664]

Yagi elements can be connected directly to the boom of the antenna. It does shorten the electrical length of the element.

[@meso2303]

This video is click-bait to get ad revenue only. The antenna is pretty useless. Just making something look like an antenna isn't good enough. If you want to declare it to be a certain antenna type, it is a very very poor (way too small) monopole antenna with a very very poor (way too small) ground plane. TV signal wavelengths are much larger than this device, so as an antenna, it is not impedance matched, is very inefficient, and not at all tuned to TV frequencies. You would do better to stick a piece of bare wire a few feet long into the coax hole.

[@davidlang4442]

They would only act as reflectors.

[@Hotgirl97280]

Paper anten diy kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqCumJmKpNl7fJo

[@dantronics1682]

@@meso2303 its a 1/8 wave antenna

[@lostinspace8238]

I receive almost all HD channels with a simple $5 pair of rabbit ears. I live about 30 miles from the transmitters.

[@kcdawg2060]

I'm thoroughly amazed that I never looked into what I could use that is quite easily available, right in my basement. Damn that's the easiest thing I could've done that actually works! I guess I over thought it. Lol 😆. I've been doing diy projects for 50 yrs!!! Duh 🙄 ohh well maybe I ain't as smart as I thought 🤔🤔🤔 lol. I can't wait to share this brilliant idea 💡. 👍✌️😎🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@kcdawg2060]

p.s I thank you for sharing your fantastic video 😃

[@cedricfrancis5662]

Thanks man this really worked out fine. I used foil paper to make the dome shaped part, because I don't get the chance to obtain a soda can yet. I will get one when I go to the supermarket tomorrow and I will definitely let you know if it works better

[@kentherapy7022]

I can't believe I was watching such crap….🤣🤣

[@jeffdwyer6105]

I hear a Classic Coke can works better

[@rahthunder8312]

@@jeffdwyer6105 could you be less right

[@brianroberts815]

You will receive twice as many stations if you use a Dr. Pepper can. 😁

[@catlikemeew]

@@brianroberts815 multiply that by itself 7 times and you’ll have the number of channels you receive with a 7-up can.

[@chrisnewman7281]

Can I suggest a correction antenna don’t actually produce power they so therefore can’t be powerful however you can say it’s the most receptive as in it can receive signals from a long distance or amplify weak signals

[@brianredmond3199]

I extended the rod 2 more inches and got the playboy channel, HBO and could contact the international space station.

[@jeffdurall8353]

So that was YOU I was talking to during my visit on the ISS.

[@Dalnutt]

Aluminum foil that we used in the seventies is what I use today. Works great.

[@davidsellers3639]

Where do you find that now

[@eddiexxx6546]

I built this antenna and now I have daily chats with aliens from Mars

[@keithmurphy1764]

Could this also be modified to serve as a parabolic microphone...???

[@awli8861]

what? no

[@brianroberts815]

Substitute a microphone for the antenna and a parabolic reflector for the soda can bottom, , then, yes.