Just built mine and can pick up an additional 8-10 channels. Before I could get about 3-4 consistently. Thanks for sharing this!!

Wow, with parts I had in my shop ( bailing wire, rubber washers etc..) I just replaced my $120.00 antenna ( where is that %$#^& receipt! ) and doubled my channels. Amazing. RCA, Thompson, Terk and the likes should be ashamed for selling such garbage.

I live around 40 miles from several towers. I was skeptical because I could only pick up a signal with a amplified antenna. I built this with items I had around the house to try it out. Took longer to get all items together than to build. I just have it sitting in a corner so signal varies, if I put it outside I can get around 60-70 signal on most of my channels. Everyone thought I was crazy when I carried it in the house but after I hooked it up they were in shock. Amazing, saved me $50.

I also bought antennas with&w/o amp & I would be lucky to get 5 chnls; after a trip 2target & walmart many times buying & return, I decide 2 make this 2 see if it actually works. I ended up getting 15-20 chnls but I think only 15 shows up. Indoors facing the windows. I am betting it will get better reception outdoor & better if I had an amp hooked to it. Unfortunally not all local channels are broadcasted here in OH & or too far from where I am at. If you have the time it is worth doing.

Done. Works like a charm. Total cost $5.00

This works as good as the Channel Master 4220HD that cost me 35 dollars.

Indoor I only got some channels. I put it outside and now I get all UHF and VHF channels with high signal.

I finished making this antenna the other day, it works amazingly. I live in Richmond Hill Ontario Canada and cut our satellite service a month ago. I’m a stay at home mom and needed to cut some costs. We had no service what so ever. Now I am receiving over 15 channels, 6 of switch are comming in in 1080i HD. It rocks. I even connected directly to the coax comming out of the old satellite and I am receiving even more channels then before. It is easy and worth making. Do it!!!

ok just made one of these and plugged into an LCD TV … no converter box and i got 12 channels totally clear no pixellation. The UHF/VHF Transformer cost $7 at my local Radio Shack. But it does work … so glad … thanks for sharing this.

yeah cost me 7 bucks too but it works like an effin champion. i just wish it didn’t look so ghetto but o well

AWESOME!!!

I paid $3 for the transformer…I had all the rest….a utility knife blade was used as the scraper and then some sand paper,,it’s free tv!!…if i moved up it would be to the 3 panel ge electric indoor antenna($60),,tried it once, worked pretty good,,,actually, maybe i’d try to use it with this one together,,,to get the most out of it all…but at least now I’m not using any electricity for my 11 pretty good channels..but, be careful with coat hangers not to poke anyone’s(pets too) eyes out….

It didn’t work for me I did every thing but no luck does it matter were i live

how does your wii sensor light up

Works great. Took a while to put it all together, but it was fun. Would have been nice to have a few other camera angles, but I’m not complaining. Thanks!

Hi I live next United States in Quebec did I can get Disney Channel HD or no HD with this ?

Sorry I just want to want if I can get DisneyC hannel

yeah I live in montreal would that effect signal because it didn’t work that much

would It work better if i made two

I tried building this thing and got zilch. I used #10 clean copper, followed the instructions but get nothing except one fuzzy HSN. I live ten miles from downtown Tampa so signals should be booming thru. Bought a new balun at RS in case the one I had laying around didn’t work. Tried several cables, 2 diff. TV’s, nothing. Guess I’ll try a commercial product next. Any suggestions/help? Some posts seem to indicate nothing except a big outside antenna will work. I live in FLA and need radar.

hey dude i know that feeling i had to try mines like10 tkimes to get it to work.have u tried putting it outside i know the rain will get to it but i,ve had mines thru rain and all about 3 months and still work good. i tried outside on my roof and nothing turns out for me it works better on the front porch so try that dude hope it helps.

I happen to be able to tested on a few digital box so.
Tested Box
Access- only came in in close to 10 only a few actually worked; slow programming
Craig- ok 15 channel & 10 worked
apex- ok 15 channel & 10 worked supper slow autoprogram
artec- 25-26 channel 15 worked.
i also tried a few bulan trans also, some came in better than other (i had these laying around the house). try moving it around the house & outside, mine has to be near my window hung up to pick up local chnl.

i been meaning to try buy a $30 antenna to us the pre-amp to see if i can pickup better signal up to 40miles. but i got layoff so money is hard to come by so i ended upmaking 1 of these & so far it worked fine. i cant get fox 8 & CBS.

Did this and got a substantial improvement in signal strength over my basic rabbit ear / hoop VHF/UHF combo antenna. The thing to remember is that this is a UHF only antenna and there may be some stations in your area broadcasting on VHF freq’s. It’s also a highly directional antenna, so you need to orient the unit properly in order to get the best signal.

POSSIBLE VHS SOLUTION: Made this version a few days ago – worked great but picked up UHF only. After a bit of research, found some who tried a slightly larger size. Made a larger version – each whisker is 10″ (instead of 7) and they are 9.5″ apart (instead of 5.75). Still used 4 V wires per side. Center board ended up 40″ long. Got 2 local VHF stations at about 70% signal strength! Awesome for a $5 investment. Also, don’t wrap the vertical wires around the screws (read it will decrease signal)

This thing works great, I built 2. One for the house, one for the boat and in downtown Baltimore I get all the major networks perfectly. Thanks for putting this video up!

i have a question i have have mine on my porch and it was working good now the signal has went down and no matter where i move it it want go back up.its rained continusly on it and the v,s are rusted could that be it or the bulun please help.