Build a Homemade TV Antenna from Coaxial Cable - DIY OTA TV Antenna

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Build a Homemade TV Antenna from Coaxial Cable - DIY OTA TV Antenna. How to make a simple TV antenna from a scrap piece of coaxial cable. Built for receiving UHF channels 14-36, but it works well to receive some VHF channels too. If you want to make your own antenna for a specific TV channel, see the two links below:
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@whitechris720 4 месяца назад

My 12 year old son didn't think I could build a antenna. We wanted to watch the playoffs. I followed your video. He said well I guess its ok to be cheap if you can make it work. Lol 😆 Thanks for the help showing my son you don't always have to throw money at everything.

@NorthcoasterHobby 4 месяца назад

Awesome! So glad you built one to enjoy the game. A valuable lesson for your son, too!👍

@TheOnlyName 6 месяцев назад

Here from MrBeast's latest video!! I had no idea it was so easy to make your own!

@NorthcoasterHobby 6 месяцев назад

Antennas can be pretty simple, yet effective. Thanks for watching!

@shannyfanny3472 5 месяцев назад

Same

@genises100 7 месяцев назад

It was astonishing how easy this was, worked an absolute treat!

@lordstevenbarker9632 2 дня назад

Thanks for this... works great... quick, easy... got 29 channels clear as a bell...!!!

@NorthcoasterHobby 2 дня назад

Glad to hear, thanks for watching!

@xXXxxfexo99xxXXx Год назад

From all the homemade antennas videos I found this is the best, great explanation, very simple, and work like a charm! thank you very much

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@cedarhedgeprojects 9 месяцев назад

Thanks! Went from 18 channels with an old rabbit ears to 37 channels your way. Couple tips: you don't need to strip the center conductor, and I hot glued mine to a 12" scrap of wood, tape will work. I hang it from the window blinds. Test will be tomorrow morning when the morning sun pours in that window, I'll see if the hot glue holds.

@NorthcoasterHobby 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tips, and for watching my video. I’ll be interested to hear how everything turns out. Keep me posted.👍

@modgsb220 9 месяцев назад

Been using Chromecast dongle but BBC streaming app is so temperamental. My wife wouldn't let me run a cable into the kitchen so I made your coax device and stuck it to a piece of cardboard and stuffed it behind the chest of drawers. We are only 20miles from a transmitter. PERFECT reception of digital programs. THANK YOU.

@NorthcoasterHobby 9 месяцев назад

That’s great to hear! Thanks for watching!

@Mystikalrush 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, this truly is the most simple, easy and free method to get OTA tv. Also, did everything in this video with only a pair of scissors, no real tools required.

@INFPinSA Год назад

Awesome! Worked perfectly for us! We actually went 3" and it works, at least for the channel we needed! Great tutorial!!

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

Great to hear, thanks for watching!

@kenestrada7920 Год назад

Worked for me out on my ranch. Saved me some money. Thank you!

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

That’s great to hear! Thanks for watching!

@webcompanion 2 месяца назад

Here in the metro Detroit area I made one of these, 6" length as you described. I get digital 62-1 (CBS) from my basement TV perfectly clear! Enjoying the March Madness tournament now. Thanks so much for sharing this tip!! If you're a HAM, 73s....

@NorthcoasterHobby 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching, glad to hear it works for you! Not a Ham, but 73!

@donalddobson7568 Год назад

Did same but made mine almost 12 inches aandd i got 33 channels. All in clearly! Grreaat job.

@whitechris720 4 месяца назад

Thanks it works better than any store bought one I have purchased.

@NorthcoasterHobby 4 месяца назад

Excellent! Thanks for watching!

@mikehunt7857 10 месяцев назад

Just made one of these for my bedroom, works just as good as my $100 indoor/outdoor unit I use for my living room.

@NorthcoasterHobby 10 месяцев назад

Glad to hear, thanks for watching!

@weeyee60 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, for sharing your knowledge! I tried a couple of mid-range factory made antennas. Lousy reception, so I decided to try your trick. My channels come in clearly than they did, with the purchased versions. Thanks again! 👊🏽

@NorthcoasterHobby 6 месяцев назад

Excellent! I’m so glad it’s working for you. Thanks for watching!

@weeyee60 6 месяцев назад

@@NorthcoasterHobby ~ Thank you! You’re awesome! 🫡

@NorthcoasterHobby 6 месяцев назад

@@weeyee60 Thanks again!

@jessescheller9815 Год назад

Great video, thanks!

@pault6533 Год назад

Thank you! I needed to move my HDTV antenna to another TV, and the 19" HDTV I use infrequently in my office needed a new antenna. Instead of buying a replacement, I make such an antenna using wood skewers and spare wire. The result was MORE than adequate for what I needed. I found more channels than I expected in my suburban home. For this set, I actually got more than the 40-mile rated flat HDTV antenna did, which was previously installed.

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

That’s great to hear! Thanks for watching!

@thesparstudios Год назад

This works like a charm!! I just dumped cable and got a Roku but I still needed 2 antennas for local. You saved me about $60. I "cut the cord" both literally and figuratively because I got the coax cable ends from my now useless cables. LoL

@giorgosevans6142 7 месяцев назад

thanks!! worked perfectly!

@anthonyocarroll5630 4 месяца назад

Thanks mate didn't think it would but I must admit to everyone it certainly does work Hooray from Aussie

@NorthcoasterHobby 4 месяца назад

Glad it worked. Thanks for watching!

@charliestrickland2417 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! Worked great, appreciate you sharing this.

@NorthcoasterHobby 11 месяцев назад

Glad to hear that it worked for you- thanks for watching!

@charliestrickland2417 11 месяцев назад

FYI, watched the MLB all star game last night with your antenna idea and had a noticeably better picture than a highly rated digital antenna that I used to own. It really works-thanks again.

@NorthcoasterHobby 11 месяцев назад

@@charliestrickland2417 Awesome!👍

@lorisimmons421 Год назад

This really works. I just did it myself 🙂

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

Great! Happy to hear that. Thanks for watching!👍

@DerekWitt 6 месяцев назад

I did something like the opposite once as a kid. I connected the coax cable that was attached to my TV for cable tv to my stereo (an older Electrolux stereo with turntable and 8-track player) via a 75-300 ohm adapter. I was then able to pick channel 2’s audio at 97.3FM. Oddly enough, I also picked up channel 36 (was MTV at the time through my cable company) at both 88.5 and 107.7FM. I was just 13 years old in the late 80s. It was cool to listen to TV audio that way.

@NorthcoasterHobby 6 месяцев назад

Ah, yes! We had that too here in Canada. FM cable. You could pick up audio feeds of TV channels. We had the coax connected (with 75 ohm transformer) to the home stereo receiver. Picked up MuchMusic (like MTV in Canada), and the movie networks.

@JustinWyne Год назад

Wow, I just did this in like 15 minutes and my TV picked up around 100 channels, a few of them in 4k. Thanks for this! Edit: maybe not 4k, but it was as good as a store bought antennae I got later that advertised 4k quality.

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

Glad it worked,thanks for watching!

@brianbc9 Год назад

Bro there’s no such thing as a “4K” Channel

@brianbc9 Год назад

What a liar😡

@Boomerlake 5 месяцев назад

It's not much of a lie. So when are the "4k" stations going to start broadcasting in 4k?@@brianbc9

@Zerolis 5 месяцев назад

Worked a treat. Carefully used a stanley knife and got dozens of channels on the TV in the basement. Luckily only two miles from the main antenna in the city. Also the quality is way better than i got from the cable box i recently got rid of.

@NorthcoasterHobby 5 месяцев назад

Excellent!

@Suproxus 2 месяца назад

stanley makes knifes now?!

@eeghtitelukintan2948 Год назад

simple and usefull

@itrig7679 11 месяцев назад

thank you so much

@Bitsdoeswhatever 5 месяцев назад

I’m around 25 miles from a tower, and I’m getting 31 stations, thank you!

@NorthcoasterHobby 5 месяцев назад

Awesome! Great to hear and thanks for watching!

@billschlafer 4 месяца назад

Thank you for not calling it a "HD" or "digital" antenna, like so many questionable manufacturers and RU-vid videos do.

@NorthcoasterHobby 4 месяца назад

An antenna is an antenna! Thanks for watching!

@calbearstein9196 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for this how-to. I was wondering: can I design my own multi-element dipole that includes parallel dipoles of lengths tuned to different frequencies?

@NorthcoasterHobby 9 месяцев назад

I’m sure you could do that, or try a Yagi antenna design centered around a particular frequency. www.rfwireless-world.com/calculators/3-element-Yagi-Antenna-Calculator.html Thanks for watching!

@stephanelejour9937 Год назад

It worked for me in Montreal

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

Awesome! Great to hear!👍

@donwilson3029 4 месяца назад

Window antenna! Thanks for this. I'm lucky that where I live has straight line of site to our areas tv antennas, about 10-12 miles as the seagull flies, up on 2000 ft ridge (I can see them with binoculars). There's some neighbor hedges partially blocking in front of my window but aren't stopping the signal for whatever reason. So have no idea if what I did will work in other situations. Made this antenna and got channels 13-35. Could only get 3 which is NBC, only very rarely for an hour or so on a perfectly clear day. Researched, learned about low VHF needing longer antenna, started running numbers. Then realized the window was aiming the antenna through was aluminum framed, so attached wires from each end of your antenna to separate places on window frame and get channel 3 clearly along with all the others. Surprised and going to make this setup with more solid materials and be done.

@NorthcoasterHobby 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing your experience, and for watching!

@synthrodriguez7518 6 месяцев назад

Picking up 21 channels just fine, good enough for me. Goodbye Spectrum.

@NorthcoasterHobby 6 месяцев назад

Awesome!

@kensmith5694 Год назад

If you leave the plastic over the center conductor and strip away all the shielding copper. You won't have trouble with it shorting. You can tape the antenna to a bit of wood to hold it in its shape.

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

True. I figured bending the centre conductor with the dielectric on it might risk breaking it. I’ve made other antennas out of wood but wanted to keep this as simple as possible.👍

@kensmith5694 Год назад

@@NorthcoasterHobby While listening to a music channel I thought the Al Gore rhythm prefers videos with an added calm meant if you get by drift.

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

@@kensmith5694 sort of…

@kensmith5694 Год назад

@@NorthcoasterHobby Making it so more people see your videos is a worthy goal for me.

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

@@kensmith5694 I’m glad you like them, I appreciate you watching!

@TheRasta4ri 11 месяцев назад

As a telecommunications technician with a manufacturing consumer electronics background, believe me when I say major network throttling the signal feed deliberately.

@tiii4019 Год назад

I use a coax cable with a splitter and jump the splitter and it gives me 85 ch. In PA.

@scottwelinski8500 Год назад

What do you mean jump the splitter?

@djthereplay Год назад

More Elements = Better Reception = More Channels with good quality reception and that's what you get with the "more fancy and expensive" antennas. They put more into what they make and they work better and they are also easier to put up and use in any situation. All that you need is a mounting base pole to put it on.

@mikehunt7857 10 месяцев назад

I have a $100 "fancy" unit on my balcony that performs just about as well as the antenna shown in the video.... I just made one of these for my bedroom, and get practically every channel my "fancy" unit gets and I spent maybe 10 minutes total setting it all up, I haven't even looked for a better spot for the cable yet.

@mpmrla 7 месяцев назад

I was having trouble getting local channels on just one tv with a simple rabbit ear indoor antenna. I have 3 tv towers located 25 to 26 miles away all in the same direction from my house. My roof is metal and my walls have metal mesh and plaster, so i opted for an outdoor antenna. I made this simple antenna just to get local channels on one tv. I attached it to my chimney about 17' above ground. I now receive 16 local channels with no noise or inteference, so i hooked the output of this antenna to an old un used satellite dish 4 way splitter and i now receive these 16 channels on all 4 tv's. The 3 tv towers were all located in an arc from 325 degrees to 345 degrees so i just rotated the arms perpendicular to the 335 degree line of sight. I taped the arms of this antenna to a fiberglass rod and slid two pieces of black rubber hose on each. i then ran the cable down through a 2' section of 1/2" pvc and glued the top part to the pvc and attached the pipe with small pipe clamps to an anchor.

@NorthcoasterHobby 7 месяцев назад

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Glad to hear that the antenna is working well for you!

@IzludeTingel Год назад

I've seen models of antenna where copper and braid are basically touching, not directly, but on different parts of the antenna (solid metal antenna, they eventually make connection because of this). what's up with that?

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

The braided shield and copper conductor will short the signal if they touch.

@mevlogs194 Год назад

i did this right now and it works thanks to you Man......i got 5 channels but the show is the same...is there any solve for this?

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

Glad you made one. Do you mean the channels are all showing the same program?

@mevlogs194 Год назад

@@NorthcoasterHobby yes i have channel 1 , 2, 6, and 14 but it has the same program is there any solve for this?

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

@@mevlogs194 I’m not sure why that is. Are they duplicate or rebroadcast channels?

@mevlogs194 Год назад

@@NorthcoasterHobby duplicate

@KurentEweser Год назад

Tell us what the channel this is? Call letters or channel number and city.

@cathyg1099 8 месяцев назад

Does the quality of the coax cable make a difference? My condo has a wall jack for an external TV antenna. I plugged in an old coax and got 50 channels. I do have to flip channel by channel. Is that normal? I’m new to cord cutting.

@NorthcoasterHobby 8 месяцев назад

RG6 is the best coax cable to use, as it minimizes signal loss. Sounds like the building you live in has a master antenna system, or perhaps an in-house cable system. Most areas can pick up some over the air channels, 50 is a very good amount of channels.However some areas can pick up 150+ channels! I only get 3.

@lionelmcvinyl9027 5 месяцев назад

Great videos 👍 do you have a link to buy that rg6 rg59 tv coax strippers. is that a klein brand tool

@NorthcoasterHobby 5 месяцев назад

The tool in the video is made by Ideal. Here is a link for it: amzn.to/3TKkCPa Also here are a couple of videos I made featuring Klein tools. Links are in the description. Klein Tools Coaxial Cable Stripping Tool for RG6 Coax Cable ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0JXG102nEu8.htmlsi=nSdDRD4D4Vwq_hOA Klein Tools RG6 Coaxial Cable Compression Crimper Tool with Extended Reach ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jbayjkrZdQw.html Thanks for watching!

@lionelmcvinyl9027 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Bro, I just made a Homemade TV Antenna and the thing really worked. You have a good RU-vid channel there and now I have some good TV channels here.@@NorthcoasterHobby

@NorthcoasterHobby 5 месяцев назад

@@lionelmcvinyl9027 So happy to hear that! Thanks again for watching!👍

@jmurphy2219 9 месяцев назад

i just made this last night to watch the NFL game with out lag for betting... i used an xatco knife and an old cable wire so all for free took 6 minutes and 4 were waiting for the search... making a bunch more for family tomorrow...

@NorthcoasterHobby 9 месяцев назад

Awesome, thanks for watching!

@lrob1420 9 месяцев назад

Works great. Got about 10 channels. TY. Can explain why some antenna designs require the 75 to 300 ohm transformer and your design does not.

@NorthcoasterHobby 9 месяцев назад

Glad it worked for you. To answer your question I’m not exactly sure why, though coaxial cable itself has an impedance of 75 ohms, whereas using two wires would likely have a higher impedance and need a 75-300 ohm transformer. Also since the cable itself is the antenna I didn’t see a need for a transformer. It has to do with the resistance to the transfer of signal between the elements and the cable. Here’s another antenna I made that might shed more light on the subject: Build a Homemade DIY TV Antenna from copper wire - dipole OTA TV antenna for local channels ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bYfZu923aTY.html

@sammyrothrock6981 Год назад

I was making these in 1972 ...

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

And yet, they still work today!👍

@kedarbhide2387 8 месяцев назад

Can we use this type of antenna for boosting fm signal ?

@NorthcoasterHobby 8 месяцев назад

Yes, this type of antenna will help FM reception.

@jibrielanas4710 Год назад

This indoor antenna works only in city please boss

@designslucid Год назад

I'm 40 miles from the primary city that carries OTA channels and I got 34 of them just using the center conductor on coax, not even any of the shielding.

@bobhs1605 11 месяцев назад

If shorter antennas receive for channels, what’s the point of the high he expensive ones?

@NorthcoasterHobby 11 месяцев назад

Larger antennas have more elements to capture more signal, offer more gain, and a more reliable signal in case of obstructions or bad weather. Also outdoor antennas are built to withstand harsh conditions in the outdoor elements. This simple antenna is for indoor use in strong signal areas.

@seethransom 3 месяца назад

I live in a highrise near the MoSun Connecticut. Reception is normally awful for indoor antennae. unless I align it with Long Island Sound. I cant use an outdoor. But I have a 3x3 ft hot spot in my apartment. Using a $20 antenna with an amp I got NYC! But only for a few hours. I receive most CT TV stations. CBS won't come in, but I have Paramount Plus. Good bye $130 Directv bill!

@garypreman6298 4 месяца назад

what is the point of a dipole when the braided portion is grounded? I made an antenna by eliminatiing the braided end at the antenna and attaching the center wire directly to an aluminum foil glued to a piece of cardboard. I am in Central Mass and get 65 channels. The flat of the antenna "faces" east/west. Maybe i'm wrong but I belive that dipoles are not grounded.

@NorthcoasterHobby 4 месяца назад

With antennas there is no one size fits all. I'd doo whatever works best for your reception situation. I'm not exactly sure about the ground, maybe you're on to something there.

@coolgamer125bmd6 11 месяцев назад

Most channels I got with coax is 30channels

@alexmeshjr.5222 Год назад

My tv is not working in belize have no channels and no signal

@JA-dx9qu Год назад

Can you use a longer coax cable in order to locate the antenna farther away from the tv or does a longer cable reduce reception?

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

A longer cable can be used.

@amarjitshergill2690 2 месяца назад

Good evening to you young man God bless you long happy healthy life many many more years to come you are a smart gentleman 💞💕💯💯

@NorthcoasterHobby 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@emmasonadumlao9097 9 месяцев назад

is this antenna works as my radio antenna sir?

@NorthcoasterHobby 9 месяцев назад

It probably can.

@you-dont-hit-those2117 Год назад

It didn’t work for me could i have done something wrong

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

Could be the location of the antenna. Check here to see what TV stations are available in your area: www.antennaweb.org Enter your zip code, check ‘antenna will be installed 30’ above ground’ (even if it isn’t you’ll get a more complete list of channels available in your area). Try moving the antenna around in different locations, near a window, facing the broadcast towers (the antenna web map will show these if any). Run a channel scan each time you change the position of the antenna. Hope this helps, and best wishes.

@alfredlesia-nc6qp Месяц назад

It can work in a simple plasma🤔

@NorthcoasterHobby Месяц назад

A plasma TV? Yes it will.

@NorthcoasterHobby Месяц назад

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@Runslik3Wind 10 месяцев назад

tried it out of curiousity, got no channels. could just be my area or the fact that my metal roof is blocking it.

@NorthcoasterHobby 10 месяцев назад

Try placing the antenna in a window. Run a channel scan each time you move the antenna to a new spot. Try this website to find where the broadcast towers are located in your area to give you an idea of which direction to point the antenna: www.antennaweb.org/ Enter your zip code. Click ‘antenna will be installed 30 feet above ground’- this will give you a better listing of available channels. Press ‘go’.

@bobvilla7055 8 месяцев назад

Stripped screw remover

@user-vh5wn6yv5p 11 месяцев назад

@nuqwestr 3 месяца назад

What DIY vids should be, thanks, "just the facts.... "

@NorthcoasterHobby 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching!

@koolvidkids5519 Год назад

Or just use a paper clip as an antenna..picked up 62 channels.

@NorthcoasterHobby Год назад

That can work, too.

@enrik67 Год назад

Probably if you live really near the emmiting antennas! If so, good for you!

@frankgreen7988 3 месяца назад

What if you live out in the boonies

@NorthcoasterHobby 3 месяца назад

You will need a much bigger antenna with more elements.

@NorthcoasterHobby 3 месяца назад

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@Helskrim 11 месяцев назад

03:18 To be fair for $15 you can already buy an actual aerial antenna instead of crimping tool that you won't ever need to use besides putting connectors on coax or RJ45 plugs for UTP, hell even for $5 at some flea markets, 30 year old antenna or new one it's all the same.

@Helskrim 11 месяцев назад

Don't take it wrong I understand the joy for DIY, I'm just saying these old school VHF/UHF antennas are incredibly cheap and you can also get a cheap amplifier to boost signal as well, you don't need any of that Amazon crap for $100,

@NorthcoasterHobby 10 месяцев назад

Fair enough.