Build Your Own DTV Antenna [Television]

lifehacker.com - 1/29/2009

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Increase the number of over-the-air (and soon to be digital) television channels you can receive with a simple-to-construct antenna. Tinkering-obsessed blog Make posts a guide by John Park to...

vimeo.com - 1/24/2009

Maker Workshop - DTV Antenna & Steadicam on MAKE: television on Vimeo (video)

— vimeo.com — Digital converter box? Check! Great reception? Not so much. John Park shows how to take a fistful... of wire coat hangers and make a TV antenna that gives great digital reception. While heâs at it, he also makes a video camera stabilizer using metal ... (more) Maker Workshop - DTV Antenna & Steadicam on MAKE: ...

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