[XCSSA] OT: Built my own DTV antenna

X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio xcssa at xcssa.org
Mon Apr 27 14:16:24 CDT 2009


On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:11 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San
Antonio <xcssa at xcssa.org> wrote:
> Not bad, although I wonder if soldering the wires together might not
> be a better option over screws. I'll have to give this a go sometime!
> Actually, I have a friend that has one of those crappy powered
> antennas that would love this thing!

Tim, I was thinking the same thing after building it. I wonder how
much resistance I'm increasing because of the sheet metal screws and
washers. The next test will be to hang it up in the attic and see if
there's any difference in signal gain.



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