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A D.I.Y. TV aerial

I recently bought a little 7″ freeview TV. For the aerial it had a small stand with a piece of wire attached which didn’t work at all well.


So, I decided to dig out my old textbooks and make myself an aerial.


I got a piece of brass curtain rod, and cut two 12.5cm lengths. I put them onto a garden cane, so that they almost touched, and glued them to keep them in position. Then I found a piece of coax cable, with a plug on one end. I fixed the inner wire and the outer sheath to the middle ends of the two pieces of curtain rod. (You can do this by soldering, or by drilling two small holes and putting in a couple of self tapping screws.)


It rests on top of our Guinea pigs cage in the conservatory, and gives us good TV pictures on all channels.


You need to check if the TV signal in your area is vertically or horizontally polarised by looking at the other TV aerials nearby. Then point your aerial in the right direction.


Its a con that so many people in our area have had brand new rooftop aerials to get the Freeview channels.


Created By on 28/10/2012

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