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Easy to make antenna for DTV. All you need is wire, coaxial cable,

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Easy to make antenna for DTV. All you need is wire, coaxial cable,
a cheap, easily found balun (transformer) to attach the antenna to your converter box or TV. So far this is the best of the three I've tried for my situation.

Here's a quick and dirty drawing of the folded Dipole I made. I based it on the plans given me by an engineer at a local TV station.

This antenna can be laid on the floor behind your tv. Mine is in the basement and it works well. I pick up channels 18 through 56. On occasion I can get a distant station (67).
I used a 7 ft bamboo pole, and attached the wire with duct tape.

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   They also sell a dinky little flat white wall-mount antennna for about $30.  HopeHoops   Mar-30-09 02:30 PM   #1 
 
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1. They also sell a dinky little flat white wall-mount antennna for about $30.
The thing works great for both DTV and AM/FM.
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