In this video I will show you How To Make A Double TV Antenna that will pick up better than any outdoor TV antenna ever made. This homemade dual TV antenna.
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Danny I just want to thank you for sharing this video. I live in Tennessee. I have made 2 of your antennas and they worked fine. I watched this video a few weeks ago and told myself I need to try this one. I built this antenna yesterday and took it outside and just stood it up without a booster on it to see if it worked. Man did it work! I ended up putting the RCA booster on it but really didn't need it. I'm picking up 58 channels from Nashville Tn. That's picking up stations over 90 miles away. Your right about one thing. This is a powerful picking up son of a gun!!!
Hey Danny boy, good job son. I sure do like watching you put these here antennas together. I'm tempted on buy some materials and try to put one of them bad boys together, with your help of course. Okay man I will be watchen you. Later brother and God Bless.
Danny I tried that guys paper clip antenna and it didnt work I left a good comment on there for you we love ya keep up the good work we appreciate you man your the best!
Thank you for being honest I'm not going to Every make a antenna but I enjoy watching you do it but if I was a young man again I would keep up doing the good work
One of the best antennas I ever seen is a set of old time bare bed springs with the center wire of RG6 attached to them, and the springs insulated from the pole.
Danny, you have my respect for sharing your work so clearly. Thank you! I read elsewhere that the in the bowtie antenna, the length of the V-element legs are independent of the wavelength. Yet, many people have built their antenna with different length. Can you clarify this? And, can you clarify how to pick various parameters, the length, angle and the spacing between elements. A reference to a document to read would be great. Thank you, again!
The booster only amplifies the signal that's present at the antenna. So a double antenna would have (3db in a perfect world) of gain if phased right. Great job on the antenna building Danny!
Can you build two double antennas and stack them 6 to 8 feet apart on a ham rotator just wondering if it would work up the DB gain ... Just thinking from a CB operator's perspective
does the back reflector mesh need to be a specific size like 2x4 inches of can we use a smaller grid mesh? I an looking at something like 1x1.5 inch mesh fencing. thanks
Thinking about trying this double antenna. I live in a bad place for TV reception here in the mountains of Tennessee. Now , I can only get a few stations from Chattanooga. On this antenna, are the cross wires still insulated and the balun cut into the insulation?
Hey Danny! I want you to know that I just love your videos, but what I want to ask is...will you please show us more of you on the drums? Holeee Cow! Not only are you a genius of how to make and sell antennas, you are also a terrific musician. Put your drum video in the background on one of your videos cuz I just loved the riff you started in this vid. Really! I want to hear more of your playing. Thanks Danny. You're the greatest.
OK- Danny The Southerner - What Brand IS that PVC Fencing????? I have Never worked with that!!!! does Lowes or Home Depot , Carry that??? Iam so used to wood /Painted -sealed .
Danny: there you go again making be build another antenna! (smiley). By the way, I live in a high wind area and just wanted to get your recommendation on a antenna rotor. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Hello Danny, great job making these TV antennas. I plan to make one and was wondering why you went from 10 gauge to 8 gauge wire. Does in pick up more signal?
Have you tried or considered instead of soldering the antenna copper wires, how about spot welding? I've seen copper sheet parts spot welded with good results. I realize that soldering is more available to the masses than spot welders. regards
I'm a retired catv eng. Most people can follow you in a much more abreviated explainatoon..it could be me but, I almost fall asleep you take WAYY to long to explain...but it's a great looking ant...BTW... been making similar for over 40 yrs.
Would there be any advantage to making this with the vhf add-on (all in one style)? If so would it be best to double it on the vhf? Or just a single for the vhf section? Thanks in advance. I love these videos!
Another question, if you don't mind... I've got strong moderate and weak channels coming from ESE. But moderate & weak channels coming from both SSW & NNW. How would you suggest approaching such a spread?
I built 9 of these and set them in different directions on a big hill on my property. I picked up Walter Cronkite doing the news in 1973. That's how powerful it is.
Here is a similar antenna about as good as Danny's.... I would buy Danny's antenna before I would git one of these.... see link.... www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=4228-HD
WOW!!!! you even made your own JIGS for this Anntennae Craft!!! now thats devotion -can you sell me the Finished Parts and I can put them together like the Old HeathKit /Allied radio /Hi-Fi Units from the 60,s ~ 70,s?????????
i just built this antenna but i stacked it instead of side by side and it didnt help with my channels or signal. i dont know what im doing wrong. i used some romex wire to join them in parallel and tapped it in the center. with just one ultimate antenna i can get channels 78 mile away but only at night. i only got a couple channels last night with the stacked antenna and it only lasted a short time. what do you think i have done wrong?
This is fine and all, but I'm afraid I'm limited to having something indoors; I just don't see a way to get it outside from our basement. The best I can do is put it in the stairwell, I was thinking decorating it somehow to look like a piece of artwork, so I was thinking just the prongy things, not the grid part. We are in an area where there are plenty of stations around nearby, it's just getting an antenna far enough out of the basement to get the signals.
@@southernideas6175 of course you can...channelmaster sells one almost exactly like yours. Now if you said you can't buy one like mine for less then I'd have to agree.
"If this antenna right here don't do it for you, better go on and call the cable man" Dang.. I'm way out in the fringe. Closest antenna is 50 miles away with hills in-between. I might have to try making a single then step up to a double.
WISH i could make one.but not easy for old lady. im 69 miles from tv station.lots of trees all directions. was told by antenna co. that i need 500 dollar antenna setup. they ran my address. yeh right,on s.s. i need to make one .get 3 junk cooking channels .and the other 4th ch is fade in and out with wind or rain.can't watch for tornados.. bought indoor antennas stink.
Mr. Hodges, I hate to be the bearer of bad news to you, but that antenna is now, and has been called an H2 or 4 or 8 depending on the number of elements. You did not invent anything. They have been around for decades! I built my first one (an H8) about 15 years ago. truthfully, I wish I hadn't given it away, in lieu of an HD Stacker. I do like your use of the square/rectangle PVC. I had used the square aluminum parts off an old dilapidated store bought antenna, and parts from my wife's baker's rack for the reflector. Here is a link to one available at Home Depot www.homedepot.com/p/Digiwave-8-Bay-Ultra-Clear-Digital-Outdoor-TV-Antenna-ANT7285/301015439 I do enjoy your videos.
Yeah, build me one and I'll pay for it I live in the woods and it is over 40 miles to the closest radio station and cell phone tower nothing works everything has to be WiFi and you're so far out of town you have to pay double for everything
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Question when you mount the antenna do you mount it straight up and down or is it tilted if so to what degree
I like the use of 8 gauge copper metal. Way stronger whiskers for durability. Hope you make some new videos Danny !!😀😀😀
Danny I just want to thank you for sharing this video. I live in Tennessee. I have made 2 of your antennas and they worked fine. I watched this video a few weeks ago and told myself I need to try this one. I built this antenna yesterday and took it outside and just stood it up without a booster on it to see if it worked. Man did it work! I ended up putting the RCA booster on it but really didn't need it. I'm picking up 58 channels from Nashville Tn. That's picking up stations over 90 miles away. Your right about one thing. This is a powerful picking up son of a gun!!!
Stupid not to sub.....one minute in and I knew I had found my guy!!! This guy is the professor of antennas!!!
right
Enjoy all your videos Danny. Thank you for sharing your thousands of hours of hard work.
tks brother
Good job Danny, This is the one I am going to build. I live one hundred miles from anything. love your drum playing.
get a booster too
Build the antenna in town, then run 100 miles of coax to your house. Oh, wait, that's cable...
Great video Danny
keep them coming and thanks for all you do.
your friend Jason in NE GA.
Hey Danny boy, good job son. I sure do like watching you put these here antennas together. I'm tempted on buy some materials and try to put one of them bad boys together, with your help of course. Okay man I will be watchen you. Later brother and God Bless.
Danny I tried that guys paper clip antenna and it didnt work I left a good comment on there for you we love ya keep up the good work we appreciate you man your the best!
Thank you Danny, im picking up stations 120 miles away 24hrs a day!
Thank you for being honest I'm not going to Every make a antenna but I enjoy watching you do it but if I was a young man again I would keep up doing the good work
Another good'un.
Great stuff Danny
Thanks - looks like a nice antenna.
well done Danny! Your best video yet!
tks
One of the best antennas I ever seen is a set of old time bare bed springs with the center wire of RG6 attached to them, and the springs insulated from the pole.
Or bicycle rims,.lol
Danny, you have my respect for sharing your work so clearly. Thank you! I read elsewhere that the in the bowtie antenna, the length of the V-element legs are independent of the wavelength. Yet, many people have built their antenna with different length. Can you clarify this? And, can you clarify how to pick various parameters, the length, angle and the spacing between elements. A reference to a document to read would be great. Thank you, again!
I love your videos, I love making antennas, I just hate television.
Excellent!
Nice job Danny, excellent editing, like homer - I'm gonna build this 1 too - Roll Tide!
Clemson, baby!
The booster only amplifies the signal that's present at the antenna. So a double antenna would have (3db in a perfect world) of gain if phased right. Great job on the antenna building Danny!
THIS RIGHT HERE A BAD BOY YA'LL
Danny how about a quad antenna like the old cb antennas i was wondering if that would work
Can you build two double antennas and stack them 6 to 8 feet apart on a ham rotator just wondering if it would work up the DB gain ... Just thinking from a CB operator's perspective
does the back reflector mesh need to be a specific size like 2x4 inches of can we use a smaller grid mesh? I an looking at something like 1x1.5 inch mesh fencing. thanks
Thinking about trying this double antenna. I live in a bad place for TV reception here in the mountains of Tennessee. Now , I can only get a few stations from Chattanooga. On this antenna, are the cross wires still insulated and the balun cut into the insulation?
Hey Danny! I want you to know that I just love your videos, but what I want to ask is...will you please show us more of you on the drums? Holeee Cow! Not only are you a genius of how to make and sell antennas, you are also a terrific musician. Put your drum video in the background on one of your videos cuz I just loved the riff you started in this vid. Really! I want to hear more of your playing. Thanks Danny. You're the greatest.
Love ya Danny
Do you drill twist the number 8 copper wire for stiffness ????
OK- Danny The Southerner - What Brand IS that PVC Fencing????? I have Never worked with that!!!! does Lowes or Home Depot , Carry that??? Iam so used to wood /Painted -sealed .
What kind of wire did you use to connect the 2 sides and the transformer?
Just need to know where to get the double antenna now? Don't see on ebay anymore. Thanks
How far out does it draw signal? Does this design work for uhf and vhf?
Danny:
there you go again making be build another antenna! (smiley).
By the way, I live in a high wind area and just wanted to get your recommendation on a antenna rotor.
Thanks and keep up the good work.
i got cheep ones...its not bad wind heavy
Your a Hoot!!!!!for sure!!!!
You my hero
If you set this up outside do you need to ground it ? Sorry if you covered that.
test video on this against the ultimate antenna soon?
Would 6 gauge wire better or with it hurt the performance
Hello Danny, great job making these TV antennas. I plan to make one and was wondering why you went from 10 gauge to 8 gauge wire. Does in pick up more signal?
8 ga & 10 ga don't pick up more signal.... Just stiffer so it won't bend so easy, from Birds, Ice, Wind, Sticks, etc...
Can you twist 12 gauge wire for your wiskers
Hey Danny does a reflector help if the antennas up in the attic?
YEAH
Have you tried or considered instead of soldering the antenna copper wires, how about spot welding? I've seen copper sheet parts spot welded with good results. I realize that soldering is more available to the masses than spot welders. regards
DO STATIONS COME IN SOUTH OF THE REFLECTOR ?
nice job hershey pa here ty jimmy
So what was better Aluminum or copper wire ???
Will the Double TV Antenna work great in the attic?
heck yeah
I'm a retired catv eng. Most people can follow you in a much more abreviated explainatoon..it could be me but, I almost fall asleep you take WAYY to long to explain...but it's a great looking ant...BTW... been making similar for over 40 yrs.
Would there be any advantage to making this with the vhf add-on (all in one style)? If so would it be best to double it on the vhf? Or just a single for the vhf section? Thanks in advance. I love these videos!
it could be done but i dont think it needs it...it picks up uhf and vhf about equeal..tks
Cool. thank you, Danny.
Another question, if you don't mind... I've got strong moderate and weak channels coming from ESE. But moderate & weak channels coming from both SSW & NNW. How would you suggest approaching such a spread?
sounds like you need a rotor to me
where is your ground wire for the antenna
What is the range of this antenna
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did the double tv antenna work good danny
I built 9 of these and set them in different directions on a big hill on my property. I picked up Walter Cronkite doing the news in 1973. That's how powerful it is.
Do you sell your antennas? If so what are your prices for the single and double models?
Here is a similar antenna about as good as Danny's.... I would buy Danny's antenna before I would git one of these.... see link.... www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=4228-HD
Do you ground the reflector?
I bet that would make it even better .
Any chance you are planning to sell this? I'd even be ok with a kit.
WOW!!!! you even made your own JIGS for this Anntennae Craft!!! now thats devotion -can you sell me the Finished Parts and I can put them together like the Old HeathKit /Allied radio /Hi-Fi Units from the 60,s ~ 70,s?????????
i just built this antenna but i stacked it instead of side by side and it didnt help with my channels or signal. i dont know what im doing wrong. i used some romex wire to join them in parallel and tapped it in the center. with just one ultimate antenna i can get channels 78 mile away but only at night. i only got a couple channels last night with the stacked antenna and it only lasted a short time. what do you think i have done wrong?
You Need To Side By Side The Antenna He Already Tried The Stacked Version On Another Video. And it didn't work.
thanks, i seen the video after i posted this comment.
This is fine and all, but I'm afraid I'm limited to having something indoors; I just don't see a way to get it outside from our basement. The best I can do is put it in the stairwell, I was thinking decorating it somehow to look like a piece of artwork, so I was thinking just the prongy things, not the grid part. We are in an area where there are plenty of stations around nearby, it's just getting an antenna far enough out of the basement to get the signals.
Do you have a list of things you need to buy to build one and the cost of the parts ?
I DONT
If I'm not mistaken a site called instructables.com has material list for several types of home-made antenna.
Just wondering the cost
Does this antenna also pick up the digital VHS stations
yes..I dont think you can buy a antenna..are they make one like this
This is such a good antenna it will pick up VHS AND Betamax stations! ;-)
@@Blissterd1 can it pick up vhs-c...😉
@@southernideas6175 of course you can...channelmaster sells one almost exactly like yours. Now if you said you can't buy one like mine for less then I'd have to agree.
can you make the tv antenna bigger , wider or tall & what if you would use 6 ,4 or 2 gauge copper
you cannot make it bigger !! the size corresponds to the Frequency of the TV signal,,, you might make 2 ant and hook together.
How to contact you
Do you sell these antenna's?... if so how much?....
I HAVE IT ON EBAY...The Ultimate Outdoor TV Antenna
@@southernideas6175 location?
"If this antenna right here don't do it for you, better go on and call the cable man" Dang..
I'm way out in the fringe. Closest antenna is 50 miles away with hills in-between. I might have to try making a single then step up to a double.
I wonder how a triple would work? You may need more property before we're done here.
I built the double antenna and it works great but i still can't pick up vhf
Once you get past a double the impiedence match becomes much more critical....mismatch will cancel signal strenth.
WISH i could make one.but not easy for old lady. im 69 miles from tv station.lots of trees all directions. was told by antenna co. that i need 500 dollar antenna setup. they ran my address. yeh right,on s.s. i need to make one .get 3 junk cooking channels .and the other 4th ch is fade in and out with wind or rain.can't watch for tornados.. bought indoor antennas stink.
I made a jig out of wood its greasy fast for wiskers
Mr. Hodges, I hate to be the bearer of bad news to you, but that antenna is now, and has been called an H2 or 4 or 8 depending on the number of elements. You did not invent anything. They have been around for decades! I built my first one (an H8) about 15 years ago. truthfully, I wish I hadn't given it away, in lieu of an HD Stacker.
I do like your use of the square/rectangle PVC. I had used the square aluminum parts off an old dilapidated store bought antenna, and parts from my wife's baker's rack for the reflector.
Here is a link to one available at Home Depot
www.homedepot.com/p/Digiwave-8-Bay-Ultra-Clear-Digital-Outdoor-TV-Antenna-ANT7285/301015439
I do enjoy your videos.
Yeah, build me one and I'll pay for it I live in the woods and it is over 40 miles to the closest radio station and cell phone tower nothing works everything has to be WiFi and you're so far out of town you have to pay double for everything
Wow dat dang gum accent
man i hate these commercials
Great video Danny
keep them coming and thanks for all you do.
your friend Jason in NE GA.
Hey Danny, would it be just as good to make one solid reflector rather then 2 separate pieces?
yes
Great video Danny
keep them coming and thanks for all you do.
your friend Jason in NE GA.
Great video Danny
keep them coming and thanks for all you do.
your friend Jason in NE GA.
Great video Danny
keep them coming and thanks for all you do.
your friend Jason in NE GA.
Great video Danny
keep them coming and thanks for all you do.
your friend Jason in NE GA.
tks brother
Great video Danny
keep them coming and thanks for all you do.
your friend Jason in NE GA.
tks brother
Didn't know there was a stutter key on keyboard. ;-)