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  • Опубликовано: 10 окт 2017
  • Using a paperclip as an antenna, I put this DIY method to the test! Try it yourself and see how many channels you can pick up for free! As suggested in the comments, why not try stringing a few paperclips together to see if you can make a makeshift antenna.
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  • @niobeofzion4386
    @niobeofzion4386 Год назад +23

    Tried this hack for my daughter bedroom TV, it scanned 23 channels, some HD ones. Only 5 or 6 we're absolutely clear, one was a major tv station in our area. I will say that her tv is also a LG tv, will try on a non LG tv and will update on my findings. Thank you so much already saved $30 because of your video. 👍🤗

    • @Royyaaaal
      @Royyaaaal Месяц назад

      Damn I wish I would have known, I could have at least saved you $29.90 😭🤣 lol!

    • @Royyaaaal
      @Royyaaaal Месяц назад

      Jojo

    • @niobeofzion4386
      @niobeofzion4386 Месяц назад

      Ok, I also tried this on my Element TV, a lot fewer channels than the LG, 3 or so. The channels were clear so it was better than nothing at all, and they were major TV stations 😊

  • @gm-ew5ms
    @gm-ew5ms Год назад +2

    Wow thanks so much for this. No ariel socket in hotel room, but your paperclip trick worked a treat.
    Thanks from uk.

  • @gaming_computer_channel
    @gaming_computer_channel 2 месяца назад +1

    I tried this trick, and got 1 local channel, high-quality and no glitches. Also it doesn’t electrocute you.

  • @tjsr812
    @tjsr812 6 месяцев назад +2

    thank you for showing everyone that this can be done and works well for freeeeeeee!!!!!

  • @jakeuhhb
    @jakeuhhb 5 лет назад +17

    I live about 20 miles from the closest tower and i got 50 channels. Just from doing the L Paperclip antenna. Pretty darn neat!

    • @NKYDIY
      @NKYDIY  5 лет назад +1

      You must have a really flat, clear shot! Nice!

    • @thetvexplorer
      @thetvexplorer 4 года назад

      I live 26 miles way from the nearest towers

    • @slimmyhendrix4067
      @slimmyhendrix4067 2 года назад

      I used to live right down the street from that one dude everybody used to be buddy's with before they wound up meeting their significant other and going their separate ways for whatever reason. I aint gonna tell nobody else tho

    • @AmZeeel
      @AmZeeel 3 месяца назад

      Insert a piece of copper wire into your TV and watch channels from anywhere in the world:
      ruclips.net/video/t1X1_3sIfsc/видео.html

  • @thewolfdoctor761
    @thewolfdoctor761 Год назад +5

    It worked. Got around 40 channels with perfect reception.

  • @justincarroll1313
    @justincarroll1313 2 года назад +7

    It does work! I can get 40 channels with just a paperclip (I live about 6 miles from the broadcast towers). A few of them are sketchy, they're clear sometimes but bad signal other times, including NBC. BUT I can get 66 clear channels with my $30 "HD Antenna" I bought from Amazon. So a paperclip isn't the best...but it works. Just to be on the safe side I unplugged the TV before inserting and removing the paperclip from the cable port.
    Edit: I just attached a wire hanger from my closet to the paperclip and I'm getting 20 more channels, so almost as many as the $30 antenna, lol. But some of the channels are still a little clearer with the $30 antenna.

    • @tyraperez
      @tyraperez Год назад +2

      I wouldn't have thought of that. Try putting some foil on the end of it to see if it gets better. I didn't have any paperclips but I do crochet so I used a needle and added foil to the end and I got 21 channels 🤯

    • @jameskilrain38
      @jameskilrain38 Год назад +1

      Glad ,the coat hanger trick worked.I tried ,it with my regular antenna.Sometimes,it make it worse for me.

  • @SrijalPlayz
    @SrijalPlayz 5 месяцев назад +1

    I shifted and will take 1-2 months to get proper cable installed will try till then.

  • @samkitty5894
    @samkitty5894 Год назад +1

    You can use any wire for even more channels.

  • @fredfloyd34
    @fredfloyd34 Год назад

    Great and excellent...ty

  • @ampfibian5120
    @ampfibian5120 Год назад +1

    For my tv the antenna jacks hole is bigger then the paper clip so the paper clip does not stay in goodly

  • @user-xn3jd9jt6n
    @user-xn3jd9jt6n 8 месяцев назад +1

    super cool 😎

  • @eshak59
    @eshak59 2 года назад

    I am trying on the LG nanocell79 but no channels????

  • @nancywambuikiarie3721
    @nancywambuikiarie3721 Год назад

    Big up man

  • @whatamalike
    @whatamalike 8 месяцев назад

    Anybodu know if this works in the UK?

  • @Dontbeafraid2
    @Dontbeafraid2 Год назад

    I did this on the same brand tv and got 2 stations. A nasa channel and some sort of french news station

  • @mana7412
    @mana7412 3 месяца назад

    Can't find any channels with a coax cable so I tried this. It did find 12 channels but no sound and screen is black 🤔

  • @Adam_M13
    @Adam_M13 8 дней назад

    Does this trick work only in the USA ? Cuz wont work where I am.

  • @lovebug6390
    @lovebug6390 Год назад +2

    I used a piece foil over where the athena have to go and it worked

  • @joesinister
    @joesinister 5 лет назад +1

    Worked perfectly for me. I wonder if it would make a difference if I used more clips to extend it

    • @NKYDIY
      @NKYDIY  5 лет назад +2

      Yes! Now you are thinking in the right direction.....build it to the moon!

    • @0val8199
      @0val8199 2 года назад +1

      Oh it does just tried it though I was never gonna fix it till I saw this comment thank you!

  • @GeirRssaak
    @GeirRssaak Месяц назад

    This is so funny!!!

  • @jameskilrain38
    @jameskilrain38 Год назад

    Did you watch Tyler the antenna man do it?

  • @daveellis5100
    @daveellis5100 7 месяцев назад +2

    Recorded horizontally:)

  • @dhanaa983
    @dhanaa983 2 месяца назад

    Will this work in India?

  • @skeller0160
    @skeller0160 3 месяца назад +3

    Doesnt work for me and im 10 miles away.

  • @TechnoWoolfAnimations
    @TechnoWoolfAnimations 3 месяца назад

    You’re getting another subscriber from this. I’ll try it out, and check back.

  • @ElevatorWasher5000
    @ElevatorWasher5000 2 года назад

    Whoa you got 5-1 like me!

  • @joethecat8280
    @joethecat8280 3 года назад

    Is that all local stations?

    • @NKYDIY
      @NKYDIY  3 года назад

      I am not sure, probably not every one of them....

  • @yesman9112
    @yesman9112 9 месяцев назад

    I didn't get any channels.

  • @mr.firecrab3503
    @mr.firecrab3503 Год назад +2

    POV: living in 2022 and think why people only have 20 channels when I have over 500 channels

    • @jameskilrain38
      @jameskilrain38 Год назад +2

      Wow.What?That many?Do you have cable or satellite,maybe?

  • @Chelseagrin_1994
    @Chelseagrin_1994 15 дней назад

    You are a fucking life saver...oh my god...

  • @_Blue_Hunter
    @_Blue_Hunter 5 месяцев назад +1

    Ok for people who have a really old one it’s called auto stir not auto tune and it asks for pin, the default is 0000 thank me later

  • @St.Michael77713
    @St.Michael77713 4 месяца назад

    GOD♡BLESS

  • @PizzaTube_YT
    @PizzaTube_YT 3 месяца назад

    LG tv: Paperclip
    SHARP tv: Pipe cleaner

  • @JackCadd
    @JackCadd Год назад

    we have the same tv 🤣🤣

  • @highvibes4202
    @highvibes4202 3 года назад

    only got 10 channels

  • @scotteboy
    @scotteboy 10 месяцев назад

    Real TV antenna company isn't gonna sell anymore now that this has been discovered

  • @briant4162
    @briant4162 6 месяцев назад

    Didn't work for me were in the woods

  • @ShephardJustin
    @ShephardJustin 10 часов назад

    I got 38 channels😊

  • @joe10117
    @joe10117 Год назад

    2023 March I RECIEVED 4 CHANNELS NOW I WONDER WITH A PREAMP WHAT WOULD BE IMPROVED HMMM

  • @jequinarajelesalily2227
    @jequinarajelesalily2227 7 дней назад

    I didn't work 😢

  • @jaydaksy4094
    @jaydaksy4094 2 года назад

    Nope this didn’t work for me

  • @Dauphne
    @Dauphne 4 года назад +5

    I tried this and I get 52 channels.

    • @NKYDIY
      @NKYDIY  4 года назад +1

      I believe that is new record!

    • @Dauphne
      @Dauphne 4 года назад

      @@NKYDIY Great. I just tried it again on my sons tv and he also gets 52 channels..

    • @Dauphne
      @Dauphne 4 года назад +1

      With my digital antenna I get 54 channels. With the paper clip I get 52 channels. I am no longer buying Antennas. I will use a paper and save that money..

    • @shirleyjanz2166
      @shirleyjanz2166 Год назад

      Just do it like the video showed you then scan for channels….easy peasy.

    • @Dauphne
      @Dauphne Год назад

      ​@@shirleyjanz2166 I did do it like the video showed.

  • @lefteris.adamou.1
    @lefteris.adamou.1 Год назад

    0 channels found

  • @username7744
    @username7744 6 лет назад +1

    I only got 4 channels :-(

    • @NKYDIY
      @NKYDIY  5 лет назад

      4 free channels yo from a paperclip!

    • @NKYDIY
      @NKYDIY  5 лет назад

      :(

    • @jadesramirez4870
      @jadesramirez4870 4 года назад

      I got four channel too😖

    • @zilla6448
      @zilla6448 2 года назад +2

      @@jadesramirez4870 it depends where the broadcast towers are at, if there above 20 miles you probably wont catch the channels or they would be very glitchy.

    • @jameskilrain38
      @jameskilrain38 Год назад

      @@zilla6448 Exactly.I am too far,as least about 50 miles from the broadcasting towers,so I do not waste my time ,with this.However,it does work for some persons,if they are close, enough.

  • @tyshaunpittman8363
    @tyshaunpittman8363 2 года назад

    ca take the paper clip out

  • @nitroforce12
    @nitroforce12 Год назад

    it did not work

    • @jameskilrain38
      @jameskilrain38 Год назад

      Sorry,maybe you are too far from your broadcasting towers.Heard,it sometimes work.Probably,need a regular antenna.Still,cheaper than cable or antenna.Have never ever tried this,as I am too far from the broadcasting towers.

  • @briangrief743
    @briangrief743 26 дней назад

    ideate

  • @supervisor360
    @supervisor360 Год назад

    What

  • @annetteutka8592
    @annetteutka8592 Год назад

    polska działa

  • @BIONICKgreat
    @BIONICKgreat 5 месяцев назад

    Lol 😂yo

  • @kantiashokkumar5304
    @kantiashokkumar5304 9 месяцев назад

    BLASTING idea

  • @Vermontist1
    @Vermontist1 5 лет назад +4

    Nothing. I got nothing.

    • @NKYDIY
      @NKYDIY  5 лет назад +1

      I am sorry to hear that! Are you near other electronics?

    • @retrogamerkid3792
      @retrogamerkid3792 Год назад

      Is it because obstacles are blocking the paper clip attena

    • @georgewash300
      @georgewash300 Год назад

      I only got 4 or 3 digital channels and only 2 in analogue

    • @georgewash300
      @georgewash300 Год назад

      I actually use a sony tv

    • @cablegtVR
      @cablegtVR 10 месяцев назад

      i dont have signals too

  • @user-ks5iq1lf7f
    @user-ks5iq1lf7f 19 дней назад

    Nothing in pethetic South African 🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-pe2eo5dv8i
    @user-pe2eo5dv8i 9 месяцев назад

    Try a fork

    • @user-pe2eo5dv8i
      @user-pe2eo5dv8i 9 месяцев назад

      Coax cord then cut the other half and use a fork

    • @TechnoWoolfAnimations
      @TechnoWoolfAnimations 3 месяца назад

      @@user-pe2eo5dv8ino no no, put a fork in the outlet, that’l do the trick! (Don’t do this!!!)

  • @FrozenFist
    @FrozenFist 2 года назад +3

    Got electrocuted don’t recommend

  • @tommymarr927
    @tommymarr927 8 месяцев назад

    Are u fools paper clip is free anywhere or a piece of ord wire

  • @assadosman9633
    @assadosman9633 Год назад

    Too cheap to pay for cable 🤣🤦🏿‍♂️

    • @lucasvidz9488
      @lucasvidz9488 Год назад

      Who the fuck wants to pay like $70 a month?

    • @J-Williams
      @J-Williams 9 месяцев назад +1

      Or, too smart to pay for cable! 🙃