Easy Pie Pan Antenna - Make This and Watch TV for FREE!
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- NO JOKE, you can make a working HDTV antenna from any 9" left over aluminum pie pan. Watch until the end to see how well it works. This could also be a great project for the kids, but USE CAUTION as there are sharp edges.
Yes, I'm well aware that there is no specific "HDTV" antenna design, but the antenna industry has set the standard for using the term and definition, so don't blame me for following suit.
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Luv your channel! Just happen to have a few pie tins. Will give it a try.
MJ, thanks so much for the kind words. Keep following - there's more to come!
Reminds me of the "good ole days" when we hung sheets of aluminum foil to the rabbit ear antennas to try and improve reception.
Amazing work Man thanks .
Glad you liked it!
This type of antenna is a one-wavelength loop operating at UHF frequencies for HDTV reception around 590 MHz.
This helped to get additional stations. I had 2 wall and 1 rabbit ear antennas with/without amplifiers, trying to get every possible channels. Even so, I could not get FOX, CBS, and PBS (note: my old nice Sonny DTV sometimes received FOX and PBS in good days. The one I have now is the cheapest one from Costco and probably does not have a good TV tuner). Tried other simple DIYs from RUclips and they were all worse than the rabbitear antenna. Found this video but I did not have the pie pan. I used a styform plate, cut and wrapped it with Al foil. Supprisingly, the pictures became sharper. Ran channel scan and it showed twice the channels used to be (some at 45 miles away). Now I am getting all the major stations with sharper pictures. But I still need to use the "MOHU The Leaf Plus" wall antenna plus this simple homemade one. Thanks for the easy to follow DYI.
Glad it helps you, Doug. Thanks for watching!
Antennas with reflectors will always do the best in getting you more stations.
Very cool.
Thanks!
Where is this being tested? Wondering if it’s in an urban/sub-urban/rural area
When DTV first came around, I tried some of the fancy antennas. They were ALL a waste of money. My setup looks awful but it works. I have rabbit ears made before 1994 that I bought at a yard sale, I have coat hangers and coaxial cables hanging around too so I can move my antenna if need be and the coat hangers, I use those by touching the antenna to them to amplify the signal. And now you tell me I can use a pie tin?? 😂
I am going to try this sometime soon. I will let you know if it works better than my eyesore of a setup lol
Your channel name got something random stuck in my head. I keep hearing "hop to it, don't delay, hop to it... Now I have to go find out where it's from. I am thinking Mother Goose Rock 'N Rhyme but I might be wrong. 😂
Hi Brandi. Antennas are simple devices, but how well they work totally depends on a bunch of local factors. I applaud your ingenuity using your rabbit ears setup. Hey, whatever works! I hope the Pie Pan antenna works well for you. Its easy enough to build it and give it a try.
Im not familiar with the "Hop To It" reference. Let me know if you figure that out. Thanks for watching!
A paper clip will work in some circumstances. I used to use a coat hanger in the old days.
Thanks Wade for the comment. If you have strong enough signals, just about any piece of metal will get you at least some UHF channels. I tried the paper clip for the heck of it, and I picked up 12 stations. This simple pie pan antenna has a larger total element and its 9" size makes it a close match for most UHF frequencies, so that's why it actually performs so much better.
I noticed you were receiving Raleigh channels. Are you in Wake county? Just curious as to how far the reception was.
Im in Johnston County. Its really just a small antenna designed for close, strong signals. Your performance will be based more on antenna height, location, local trees, power lines, etc. Thanks for watching. Go Canes!
@@mrhoptoit7835 I'm in Randolph county and I would like to experiment with a pie pan. I tried an amplified Mohu leaf antenna and the most channels I've been able to get is 93. About half or more eventually lose their signal.
Cinnamon roll pan works just as well.
TV signal might be hard to catch. One Russian drunk guy learned that. He climbed few floor high wall to roof, without clothes, for adjusting antenna, which was his neighbor who called cop.
How'd where'd you hook it up to? Government ruined broadcast TV reliable at t
What about for a basement apartment?
I love the simplicity of this project and want to try and make one. Would this work better with two pie pans connected to make a larger antenna?
Good question, Jean. I have tried using different configurations, including two pie pans, but in my case, it didn't make any significant improvement. Maybe it may work in your location, I don't know. Thanks for watching!
I am going to suggest that not two pie pans won't work better. His design is just about tuned to the wavelength of the signals in his area. Bigger would tune to lower frequencies.
Something I don't understand. Why do you have to cut the pie plate? Could you just attach the transformer to the pie plate and leave it at that, or would that not work as well?
Cutting the pie pan creates a circuit path. Without it the flow would be direct from one terminal to the other., which wouldn't work well. Why don't you build one and try it both ways? The difference should be very apparent. Thanks for the question, and thanks for watching!
@@mrhoptoit7835 Ah, I see. Thanks! That makes sense.
I would like to try 4 pie plates together but how to connect them to the Balun for best configuration?
I would think that using a balun on two sets of double pie pan antennas, then connecting them with the same length of short cable to a combiner/splitter , then attach your download cable to it. That would be your best option. The two pie pan antenna build link - ruclips.net/video/DQoo9HOL_lc/видео.html Thanks for watching.
Updated video of my Quad Loop Antenna is up.
I tried scanning without and antenna and, as expected, I didn’t get any channels. Then I tried with just a coax cable plugged in and was able to get almost as many channels as with my antenna.
A plugged-in paper clip also works.
Do Regular Antennas Or DIY Antennas Work Better?
That's a very good question. Either commercial or DIY antennas can work very well. More importantly, it's whether the antenna design , construction, and mounting are correct for your specific location and transmitted frequency bands.
My video of the Quad Loop Antenna is up.
Doug - great design. Please send me your email link (dont post it here) You can find mine on my "about" page at my home page.
@@mrhoptoit7835 No email there. Uh, Sorry. I didn't realize comments on my video were disabled. I'm still getting used to using RUclips. Comments on the video are now enabled.
@@dougadams9419 yeah its kinda hidden - mrhoptoit@yahoo.com
Made one yesterday tried it, installed it on a board placed in a hanging file folder that is mounted on a wall. After scan have 22 channels.
Thanks for posting your great results!
Are you catching hi-VHF frequencies?
Hi Mark. This antenna is sized and shaped for UHF frequencies. That being said, I do receive a couple of VHF channels on it ( OTA actual RF channels 8 and 9) but I am also within 15 miles of the transmitter tower. I suggest making one and seeing how it works at your location. Thanks for your question and support!
@@mrhoptoit7835 I was just wondering if using more than one pie pan would improve on the number of channels,or not?
Just a UHF Loop Antenna. You can do the same with a Aluminum, Copper or Steel wire 28.5" long bent into a circle.
Yes, Doug, you are correct. Or you can use an aluminum pie pan which just happens to be the right size and a lot of people have them laying around. Thanks for watching!
@@mrhoptoit7835 FYI. I was an ARO (Amateur Radio Operator) for 40+ years until it got too expensive. I built many of my own antennas. The UHF loop would work better when horizontal as TV is broadcast in Horizontal Polarization. In fact. I designed and built a quad loop UHF horizontal antenna that works almost as good as commercial omnidirectional UHF antennas, and the neat thing is, the four loops in parallel are 75 ohms and no matching transformer is needed. I tested it here at my home at 10' above ground and it got all but one channel that my LAVA HD8008 received at 25' above ground.. I did however use a 18dB UHF pre-amplifier with it. P.S. I live near Loris, SC.
Wow, that antenna sounds really interesting, Doug! I'd love to see the build specs on it. I really appreciate your comments. and you taking the time to watch my video. Keep your comments coming!
@@mrhoptoit7835 I CONNECT MY TV ANTENNA TO MY BELLY BUTTON
How can you make a Wi-Fi antenna to get free Wi-Fi
How do I scan tv
On most TV's, use your remote and open up the menu. There will be a heading for Channel. Under this heading, make sure the Antenna input is selected.. The channel scan should be located under the same heading. If your tv is different, Google search for your specific make and model and you should find it's instruction guide posted. Thanks for watching.
Will this work with just aluminum foil?
If you make a disc out of aluminum foil it should work. Pie pans are just easier to use
@@mrhoptoit7835 Thanks!
I fell asleep, tried again, fell asleep, tried once more guess what, anyway I can now watch the download at my leisure
LOL Glad I can help with your insomnia, Dave! BTW I watched your short - no way ANYONE could sleep through THAT!!👍👍👍
I hope this helpol to me bec. Ibuy surplus tv onli two channel onli more chaneell blurd the eye is tskwa no good pace no recog nize.
Thanks for watching
Ahhh this is a blast from TV past. Yeah we stuck the two wire feed on everything...wire loops, tin foil, BBQ grills when UHF started getting popular around 71 or 72. People went ga ga when Six Wives of Henry the 8th and I Claudius aired on the new PBS.
Then everyone got cable and many forgot how to get TV OTA.
VHF is best with dipoles (rabbit ears inside).
Consider lying the pie plate down at a height close to the ceiling like on a tall wardrobe....bet the signal gets stronger and the ugly rig is hidden.
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You are correct. I'll try to be more accurate from now on. Thanks for watching!
Interesting, except the wire seems to compromise accessibility.
Obviously, you need to be within a good range of the broadcast towers in order to receive 39 channels at a decent signal quality.
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Any antenna mounted outside should be properly grounded. Thanks for watching.
There's no such thing as an HDTV antenna.
Well, technically not true. If it's an antenna, and it's hooked up to an HDTV, then it is an HDTV antenna. You are right, it's no different than any TV antenna, but it's the way things are marketed, so I must follow the expectations.. Thanks for watching, James.
Agreed. You can't change the laws of physics or electronics.
It works who cares if it is in HD
@@karlakropiwnicki1334 the tv is hd, not the antenna is what both of us are saying. The same or similar math applies to all antennas. They are designed by frequency not megapixels. For you (most of you), if it works is about all you need to know and by saying HD, they charge you more.