I built myself a digital antenna recently. Actually, I built it right around Christmas. I found the recipe on Youtube and built it in an afternoon with wire coat hangers and a piece of lumber. I just wanted to see if it would work at picking up HDtv from the stations in Edmonton that broadcast digitally in HD. It worked! At first we could only get CityTV in HD, but it was amazing. For those who get to watch tv in HD you will know how amazing the picture quality is...it truly is striking to watch HD programming.
You can see in the picture how easy it is to build.
Now these type of antennas work with line-of-sight broadcast signals so it is best to get them up on a tower of some sort and definitely outdoors. Our antenna is simply propped up in the living room window and we still get two digitial hd channels...for free. Here is a link to tv stations and their digital status in Alberta.
Anyways, this is the television package that we choose to afford. It isn't much, but we get the news and Funniest Home Videos, etc. and now we get to watch Hockey Night in Canada in HD. Just curious about how many people who say that they cannot afford our flour (which is still priced below grocery store prices) manage to afford a satellite/cable bill of around $60+ a month? Just curious.
John, we (meaning our families) really are more alike than we thought. My husband made that EXACT same antenna last year using YouTube! lol Cool hey?
ReplyDeleteThat is so funny. Two families within 2 miles of each other using "coat hanger antennas"! How many channels do you guys get? Is your antenna outside on a tower?
ReplyDeleteWe don't have ours hooked up right now - we had new insulation blown into our attic back in late fall and we never hooked it back up, lol. We kept it up in the attic. I think we were able to get 4 channels? I'll ask Kelly :)
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