Build your own Digital TV Antenna
Friday, March 21, 2008 - 1:39pm
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My incredibly simple homemade HDTV antenna.
Next February in 2009, we’ll no longer have UHF and VHF analog signals. All broadcasts will be digital and people with older television sets will need a simple A/D converter. Of course my fancy flat screen is HDTV ready, so all I need is a better antenna.
I enjoy not having cable and only use my TV/DVD setup for watching my plethora of movies. But I do miss PBS shows and Nova on Sunday nights, as well as the local news. So I thought all I’d have to do is connect a set of bunny ears to the TV via a coaxial cable and I’d be set. That didn’t work out so well, I barely got Channel 29 and that was it. So every once in a while I could watch Family Guy reruns that looked more like the scrambled Playboy channel. read more »
