As an electrical engineer with an RF background, my forehead is sore from all the facepalming I did watching this. You would be better off simply taking that original piece of wire and sticking it into the antenna connector on the back of the TV.
When I was a kid, back in the 70s, my dad made an antenna from a coat hanger. He bent it into a circle and fastened it to the antenna input on back of the tv. it picked up a signal from a place called alfa Sentoria of the crab nebula. it was a foreign channel with funny looking people that glowed in the dark and talked backwards. Man, the 70s were fun.
Considering all he used from the power supply was the plastic case, before you destroy your laptop power supply just go to the Dollarama and get a plastic Tupperware container to build this in. ffs
wow, i really thought he will be using the adapter components, if only using the case, the title could be anything "Turn a cornflakes box in to a powerful antenna..." or "Turn your mom needle box....."
So its not a charger that is converted, but its box! A bit disappointing, I had expected an active antenna with an in-line amplifier. After all the video title mentions the word "powerful" and the charger is indeed a power source. Turned out a clickbait.
With the way things are going these days, with price gouging, and items being way more expensive than they should be. I think a lot more people are going to have to learn to do things like this. Very cool. 👍
I remember before digital TV, the best antenna, better than anything you could buy at the store, was a paper clip, bent into a ring with a tail. You'd stick the tail part in the antenna connector, and suddenly have more channels than ever before.
Although these antennas would not work for me due to the fact I live over 100 miles from a tower, I enjoy watching you construct the different models. Maybe if I move closer to the city I will try to make this model, or I might make one for someone within range of the tower. Thanks
Result is a destroyed charger and wasteof time and money
That’s not using a charger, that using the case
As an electrical engineer with an RF background, my forehead is sore from all the facepalming I did watching this. You would be better off simply taking that original piece of wire and sticking it into the antenna connector on the back of the TV.
I think I’m stupider from having watched this.
When I was a kid, back in the 70s, my dad made an antenna from a coat hanger. He bent it into a circle and fastened it to the antenna input on back of the tv. it picked up a signal from a place called alfa Sentoria of the crab nebula. it was a foreign channel with funny looking people that glowed in the dark and talked backwards. Man, the 70s were fun.
NEXT TURN YOUR OLD REFRIGERATOR INTO A POWERFUL ANTENNA TO WATCH CHANNELS ALL AROUND THE WORLD
Considering all he used from the power supply was the plastic case, before you destroy your laptop power supply just go to the Dollarama and get a plastic Tupperware container to build this in. ffs
wow, i really thought he will be using the adapter components, if only using the case, the title could be anything "Turn a cornflakes box in to a powerful antenna..." or "Turn your mom needle box....."
I made one of these antennas and am able to communicate with Aliens throughout the universe. Thanks for the video.
So its not a charger that is converted, but its box! A bit disappointing, I had expected an active antenna with an in-line amplifier. After all the video title mentions the word "powerful" and the charger is indeed a power source. Turned out a clickbait.
So, its not converting an old laptop charger, it has nothing to do with a laptop charger short of using it as a project box :)
That’s 12 minutes I’ll never get back.
With the way things are going these days, with price gouging, and items being way more expensive than they should be. I think a lot more people are going to have to learn to do things like this. Very cool. 👍
I remember before digital TV, the best antenna, better than anything you could buy at the store, was a paper clip, bent into a ring with a tail. You'd stick the tail part in the antenna connector, and suddenly have more channels than ever before.
In the sense that practically any piece of wire can be an antenna, this is an antenna.
The best part of the video is the children laughing, playing, and enjoying life.
This guy referenced the hardware used by SETI.. Bravo!!!
You might be surprised at how much of improvement to your signal. Just by using quality coaxial cable.
Although these antennas would not work for me due to the fact I live over 100 miles from a tower, I enjoy watching you construct the different models. Maybe if I move closer to the city I will try to make this model, or I might make one for someone within range of the tower. Thanks
So this should be named, "Turn an old laptop charger CASE into a powerful antenna to watch TNT HD channels"