bowtie for antenna

[bully]

can i use mental wire for bowtie to receive signal on the homemade db8

[Night Prowler]

can i use mental wire for bowtie to receive signal on the homemade db8

whatcha mean........it has to be metal......:D

[bully]

the reflector can be made out of mental to

[dishuser]

the reflector can be made out of mental to

that's correct

[bully]

ok thanks man

[sylvainsr]

can i use mental wire for bowtie to receive signal on the homemade db8

Yes you can, but not the best to have HD channels, effect in weather poor conditions will be possible lost signals

[Hunter11]

Have a look at this guide for making your own antenna for HD tv. It's cool and works.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw

[D-troit]

Have a look at this guide for making your own antenna for HD tv. It's cool and works.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw

Already have a great thread going on this.

http://satfix.net/showthread.php?t=1244

[Antangeinfifs]

that was a fun read

[beaster]

Hi Guys, been a while since I posted...I have my 8 bay copper wire installed with a rear screen. The rear screen is the new addition.
I am having confussing results. Sometimes when I scan I will recieve my HD channels, and sometimes...not.
When I physically touch a wiskers(lack of a better word) on the antenna the channel will come in.
Should I ground the rear screen ? My thinking is, as well as the ground...the whole house and copper wire contribute to antenna ?

Wishful thinking
beaster

[Gold]

Hi Guys, been a while since I posted...I have my 8 bay copper wire installed with a rear screen. The rear screen is the new addition.
I am having confussing results. Sometimes when I scan I will recieve my HD channels, and sometimes...not.
When I physically touch a wiskers(lack of a better word) on the antenna the channel will come in.
Should I ground the rear screen ? My thinking is, as well as the ground...the whole house and copper wire contribute to antenna ?

Wishful thinking
beaster

Something is not right somewhere.
My antenna mast is grounded which makes everything toughing the mast grounded. I don't know how the elements are grounded, but my coax coming from the elements is attached to a grounding block, which is attached to the mast. Have you tried one of these (grounding block)?

Maybe double check your connections to make sure they are tight.:noidea:

[beaster]

Something is not right somewhere.
My antenna mast is grounded which makes everything toughing the mast grounded. I don't know how the elements are grounded, but my coax coming from the elements is attached to a grounding block, which is attached to the mast. Have you tried one of these (grounding block)?

Maybe double check your connections to make sure they are tight.:noidea:


Thanks augoldfinger, I'll set up ground tests and report back. :)

[Gold]

LOL... I tried to post pix of mine, but I don't have enough satbux. They are in my profile I don't know if you can view my albums