Wasn’t your cable antenna was black, and the one connected to your tv is white? 🤔

I was getting 22 broadcast channels on my store-bought antenna, some of which were of such poor quality they were unwatchable. Rather than buy a more expensive antenna, I decided to try this DIY version. It is amazing. I went from 22 channels to 36, all of which are crystal-clear. That's with the antenna in my basement. No telling what I'd get if I moved it outside. Thank you. You're a genius.

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

Not a genies, but thanks for the kind words. Really glad to hear it helped. Thanks for sharing your story.

This was quick easy and saved me some money. I live in the woods with No neighbors. No towers nearby. And this was amazing. From no signal to all these channels. Thank you Buddy . ❤

Man this Bs Actually worked lol we just moved to this house and wifi people talking about they can't come out for 3days and your hack is the only way we could get the kids to sleep in their Room Pbs kids Showing Good AF 👍

@CordCuttingReport

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear it helped you out, especially with getting the kids to bed. You may want to check out buying a legit indoor TV antenna as a backup. Here are some tips I wrote up in case you're interested. cordcuttingreport.com/homemade-antenna-vs-bought/

This was a quick and easy project. I have made several indoor antennas and they work well, but this variation is outstanding. All my prior fringe stations are solid now with massively improved signal strength. I found that orienting the copper end horizontally is consistently better, which supports the fact that almost 95% of U.S. TV transmitters utilize antennas that are horizontally polarized. Thanks very much!

I was sceptical at first but I ate my words when I made this aerial and did a channel scan. It pulled in 36 channels without any trouble and in crystal clear quality.

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

That's great. Glad you got some free TV.

This really works. I set this up in my son’s room. His room faces the city. I put the wire up by the window. He gets a bunch of Channels. Some of them in perfect HD. Now We can watch the Cowboys on Sunday. Thank You for putting this tutorial on Utube. It’s amazing how good it works. Thanks.

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. I'm so glad you guys can enjoy some free football together!

Man, I had this idea and was doubtful so I turned to KZread and saw this video. It works!! I can’t believe it it really works! Thank you for making this video!

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

You bet. Glad you're enjoying some free TV.

I made 2 of these, in 10 minutes or less, from pieces of cable I saved (and that my girlfriend has threatened to throw out a million times.) I'm blown away! One of the installs was in my basement workshop, beneath a copper waste line and next to a poured wall (rebar.) I get 30 channels with no pixelation or problems at all. The second one went on our main TV (ground floor) and I get an additional 5. We do have cable, but it goes out occasionally. Now we have a choice. I have tried several, admittedly cheap, store-bought, and supposedly "amplified" antennas, and this simple hack blew them away. Added benefit - she will probably never question my hoarded wire box again.

Perfect, Thanks!! 6" off the end as indicated, 8' cable (curled behind the TV!!!) about 35 miles outside of Sao Paulo. Gaining over 45 digital channels. You da man!

Holy shit. Dude this works better then expensive antennas just did hooked it up it's like cable without the box. Getting all the channels I couldn't get before thanks man

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

Glad it worked!

Just tried this. It works in my country and area. Thank you very much. Easy, simple to make, and effective.

YES. This works in my area. I just watched built and tested this antenna in about 45 mins.

Holy crap! It works! I live 25-30 mins north of Nashville TN and I'm getting a good Signal!!

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Good stuff.

@IronMan-lm5qe

7 жыл бұрын

Cord Cutter please make a video how to use it.Because I'm using led tv for first time and I don't know that how to use it. I subscribed.plzzz

Wow! This actually works! Thank you! I've had a tv for a while but no aerial... I've been twiddling my thumbs and watched every dvd I own. Great hack!

I was skeptical at first, too simple, too easy, even a little tinkledink. To my surprise, however, I now have 33 new free digital channels on my tv. Great Job!

One of my cheap wall antenna's broke so I tried your technique and it works better than the ones I paid money for. Thanks

Getting those channels with this is music to my eyes. Thanks friend.

Thank you so much!!! I was about to walk out the house to buy an antenna but figured I give this a try first since I was staring at some unused cable wire in my garage. This hack works amazing and I have over 40 digital channels!!!! You are the man and you get my like and my sub!!

@CordCuttingReport

4 жыл бұрын

Cool. Thanks Stephan. Glad it helped. If you do end up buying an indoor TV antenna down the road, I have another video on that.

I know this is an old video , but I cut my mohu cable off the flat panel and followed your advice and I went from 1 channel to 13 channels on a scan works great. Thnx so much.

Works Great I returned my rabbit ear antenna because this method picked up more channels. Thank You

Right on Simple process Straightforward video (with no BS backstories) Fantastic results Many thanks!

Worked great. I have an elevation problem at my home but with little effort I can get all my locals. Thank you for the upload.

Works awesome!!! Thank you Soo much we only had 4 channels before and now with this trick we got 37!!!! So excited and very easy to do!!! I highly recommend this!!! Thank you again for sharing!!!

@CordCuttingReport

5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Glad to hear another success story.

I can't believe that this works! Thank You!! All I wanted was lower channels, and local news which is what I can get! I just called Directv and cut the cord! Thanks again..

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

You bet. Glad you are saving some cash now and getting some free TV.

My antenna broke and I went to buy a new one the prices were so high I went home and started looking for videos and found yours I just want to say thank you my TV works perfectly you just saved me some cash thank you again.

@CordCuttingReport

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, that's so great. Thanks for letting me know. Glad that I saved you some money.

I bought antenna for 70$ last year to my basement, it works great. I watch this video, i made it, connected to my TV and its working almost the same! I have just one program less. Thank You! Ppl! Stop spending money! Spend 5 min and enjoy your free tv!

Thank you. I didn't switch antenna from cable to air. I am using my old analog antenna in the attic and it works great.

I have been trying this out by using two smaller lengths of exposed copper coax attached to a splitter so it makes a twin antenna that I attach to a longer length of coax. I tried both a single exposed piece, and with the twin wire splitter attached and it seemed to pick up more channels and clearer reception.

Wow man thank you so much, i just moved in and you made my house feel like a home. Got every tv in the house hooked up. I got some practice so i can do one in like 2 minutes now. Awesome video.

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. Thanks! Congrats on the new place. Hope you enjoy all the free TV.

@miniminwonderlust9790

4 жыл бұрын

Im about strip one. A couple of minutes wont effect my life, if its not working. Im tired of people waving at me when im moving my antenna around the window. Everytime i change the channel.

@jamesfogg3391

3 жыл бұрын

Kool@@miniminwonderlust9790

So simple and very effective in the Phoenix metro. Thanks dude!

I live in Poland. .and your idea worked for me.Thanks so so so much.

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

Fellow Polack here. So glad it helped!

@DC3893

5 жыл бұрын

Poland has TV?!?!

Brilliant - works great! Thank you!

It worked really well....Thank you very much, I put it outside and gives crystal clear image...probably will move it inside on rainy days...

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it, Paul. Thanks for sharing.

My room hates every store bought atenna so before I decided to buy over a hundred atenna I decided to see if I could make one, they look simple enough... I've seen many videos on KZread and I have to say this works ! Make sure you are searching on your t.v for air or atenna! Move it around a couple times and find your best option! This really saves you money very simple and cannot give you enough thumbs up

omg! Thank you so much for the suggestion ,I did it just the way how you show it , and it really works ,now I have 15 free channels ,just what I need it ,I don't have to pay for cable,thanks!!

Thanks it worked for me. You are very helpful. I wish there were more people like you.

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad it worked!

Works great. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

5yrs too late but it still works. It worked for me.

@genralinformation5441

Жыл бұрын

But i didnt found even a singal chennel in kabul afghanistan

Holy cow it works. I'm in Chicago and I've alwayshad trouble keeping a strong signal watching regular tv. Now crisp as day.

Yep. It Definitely works!!! Just tried it. The only thing I did different was used duct tape because I didn't have the electrical kind. Thanks 😊

My parents have a tv in their room and used an old set of rabbit ears to get stations but they hardly got any channels they wanted because we live out in the country. I tried this for them and it works perfectly for them! Thanks!

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I'm really glad to hear that.

@antoncroes4078

5 жыл бұрын

YOU CAN'T GET CABLE TV OR DIRECT TV ON A SIMPLE CABLE OR WIRE, WHAT YOU CAN GET IS TV OVER THE AIR BROADCASTING AND NOTHING MORE EVEN YOU PUT 2000 EXPOSE WIRE LIKE THIS YOU WON'T GET NOTHING JUST TV OVER THE AIR BROADCASTING

@canesvenatici9588

5 жыл бұрын

@@antoncroes4078 maybe what he meant was the signal was really bad that they could hardly get any picture at all.

@antoncroes4078

5 жыл бұрын

@@canesvenatici9588 YOU CAN'T GET CABLE TV OR DIRECT TV ON A SIMPLE CABLE OR WIRE, WHAT YOU CAN GET IS TV OVER THE AIR BROADCASTING AND NOTHING MORE EVEN YOU PUT 2000 EXPOSE WIRE LIKE THIS YOU WON'T GET NOTHING JUST TV OVER THE AIR BROADCASTING

I did mine a little different but this actually works . Got me 35 channels and the two local I actually did this for . 👍🏼

Thank you so much. I got rid of cable months ago. This is perfect for my husband to enjoy his sports now that it’s back on. Just did it got 13 channels in Ontario Canada. I’m going to play with position of the wire to see if I could get more.

It worked getting 25 channels. Located in Oshawa, Ont. Thanks a million

@CordCuttingReport

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

LOL, I can't believe this actually worked!!! I just did it. I just wish it picked up more cable channels. Great video!!!

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad it worked for you.

This works great, I made mine about 16 feet and threw it on the over the roof of my workshop, went from 17 channels to 36. Thanks

@markh1938

2 жыл бұрын

@Bonan Magic no plywood roof, I was surprised how well it worked.

HOLY CRAP MAN IM ONLY 12 YEARS OLD AND I DID THIS AND IT WORKED! THANK U SOOOO MUCH! NOW I FEEL SO SMART!!!!

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

Cool man. Nice work.

@chillbill5999

7 жыл бұрын

my family would be soo happy!!!

@jorgemartinbg

7 жыл бұрын

SOUR BOY how long was the whole thing?

@chillbill5999

7 жыл бұрын

like just 4 inches

@jorgemartinbg

7 жыл бұрын

I meant the whole cable?

Muchas gracias. You took some of your valuable time to share your knowledge with us. May God bless you.

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Oh my freaken gosh it actually works. Thank you so match. But is thereantway I could make it stronger

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not really sure, but I'm glad you got some channels.

Thank you soooo much! This is the only working tutorial for me!!

I followed your steps exactly and it definitely works!

Sweet baby Jesus riding a raptor in Atlantis, it works. Thank you, kind sir for humbly doing battle with that coax cable. My roommate is in the hospital so his parents are at our house from out of state and I couldn't get the Roku to work, or Netflix to work on an Android box, nor a digital cable box. I spent a whole day fiddling with those and went to bed defeated. then I woke up this morning and watched your video and got digital channels working in a total of 30 minutes for them and now they can have something to do besides worry and stress(which means I am able to do something besides worry and stress as much too). They thanked me but I pass those thanks along to you, oh defeater of cable sheaths. Had I not seen the struggle I would have thought I was doing it wrong, so I have no complaints about it not being edited out. Haha. Thanks again from all of us here:) May you keep your exacto blade sharp kind sir.

Imagine doing this in NY... Especially NYC you’d get like every show

Good grief Man ! Genius ! Great job ! I’m in the middle of nowhere ! 21 channels !

thank you cord cutting report, youre doing gods work!

Hey man this is freaking amazing your a genius! I get a good amount of HD channels, Thank you so much!.

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@clickerbootsmoir1012

5 жыл бұрын

Im getting my tap shoes on im so excited i feel like tapping

It works and I live 35 miles away from city thank you very much.

Thank you soooooo much I tried this for my bedroom tv and the number of channels were BETTER with this method than the over priced antenna in my window! I am going to try it on my great room and hope for the same results...thank you so much I was looking on Amazon to see which OTA antenna was in my budget. This is better by far, thanks again!

@CordCuttingReport

3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear. Glad this helped you out.

Thanks mate!! worked like a charm 😂

I took my old coax in the attic from former Dish use and made this antenna. I am amazed at how well this works. I also included an aluminum foil reflector to further increase signal strength. I was done in 30 min, but needed a bit longer to tweak the location. Great tip!

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Congrats on the free channels!

@stellakrebs4861

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot! Does it matter, though, how long your coaxial cable is? Will this method work for any length, like a 6' or a 16' cable, just as long you have the specified amount of copper wire exposed? I really appreciate everything! (Rom. 10:9&10; Acts 3:19; Mark 16;16)

@Old-Salt-Walt

2 жыл бұрын

@@stellakrebs4861 My coax runs from my living room up inside the attic. (Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 1:15-17 )

@radioroger1683

Жыл бұрын

@@stellakrebs4861 - I did 10"

Thank you so much for this!

It's works perfect and I live in the country !! Thank you !!

Holy Cow! Worked great! Found an old coax cable in a cabinet that hasn't been used since the house was wired in 1988! Gonna be able to watch the Broncos game tonight while DirecTV and Channel 9 money-grub over contracts with each other.......thanks so much!

@CordCuttingReport

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Glad you didn't miss the game. Check out my antenna reviews if/when you get ready to breakup with DIRECTV. I have a couple here on KZread, but more in-depth ones on the site.

Thanks for tutorial!! It worked!!

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

Great! Glad to hear about another success.

I have done this for years . it works exactly perfect to. I never taped the foil on the wire I just cut it off flush with the rubber on the cord

@14.1guy2

4 жыл бұрын

This is called a 1/2 wave dipole antenna. Each part, the 1) inside conductor and 2) the foil make up what are referred to as the "elements" of the antenna. You shouldn't cut off the foil. In fact, the antenna will be directional if the elements are shaped in a V with the widest end facing the stations that you want to pick up.

Easy to do in 10 min or less. Works very well. Good quality channels.

This actually worked perfectly 🙂😅

I thought this was a joke until I tried it .With only 2 feet of wire I got about 20 channels. Thanks for this hack..!

@WW5RM

4 жыл бұрын

The critical part is the exposed wires. Here in the USA I think its 460-600 mhz. So 468÷center freq. Then half that for each side. About 5.4" for each side of the dipole antenna.

I did it on 4 tv's in the house, I'm getting about 20 channels crystal clear on each one. Today I took back all our cable boxes & turned off the cable except the internet. Our monthly bill will be $77 instead of $104. I was just getting basic cable before not the expanded option. Actually getting more channels now. All except TBS. Thanks again !!!

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Glad you are saving some cash.

@mushtaqahmad-vt7le

7 жыл бұрын

sir can it work in India also?

@CordCuttingReport

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure. Try it out and let me know!

Ok, I tried this while drunk, took 5 minutes. I don’t get as many channels as usual but got a good few with good reception. I recommend this as a quick fix 👍

It worked! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! :)

dude. this antenna works better than the ones you buy at the store. thanks for sharing this high value knowledge with us. this is really genius. Thanks again

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

You bet! I'm really glad it worked for you.

@halgriffith6407

7 жыл бұрын

Cord Cutter r

@jorgemartinbg

7 жыл бұрын

Galo Robles how long was the whole thing?

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

The one I made was with about five feet of cord. You could use less if you had to. The idea is to just grab some spare coaxial cord you have around the house.

@jorgemartinbg

7 жыл бұрын

guys this works....for real for real try it

I taped this sticking vertically straight up onto the back of my flat screen and got 4 channels. Then I bent the copper wire part 45 degrees into a horizontal position and got 16 channels!

Works like a charm, thanks.

22 Crystal clear channels ....Thank you

My Man...thanks alot...this thing works!!!...u got new subs n like by d way...thanks a lot dude!

I bought several antennas in the $30-40 range and they did not work good. I did this and hooked it up outside and it works flawlessly! Glad I found this. Just a curious question...what is the reason for leaving the mesh and then taping it?

@ThePupil

4 жыл бұрын

same here.

@paulrpaulr3660

2 жыл бұрын

So this actually works, how long can cable be?

@gearjammer89

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulrpaulr3660 not sure. it was a pretty long run of cable probably over 50ft. obviously the longer it is the more signal strength it can lose.

Man this works like a pro, thank you

Thank you. It worked and it was so simple to do

I made this exactly as described and it works perfectly. Fortunately I live within 3 miles of a huge TV tower farm - Oklahoma City with about a dozen towers so I'm able to pickup about 30 crystal clear channels. Like a previous commenter said, regardless of what kind of antenna you have, you have to be within a certain range of the station's towers. I don't know if there's a way to specifically aim toward the tower(s) for better reception if you live far from it.

Do you have to stick the other end of the wire near a window or something? Thanks

@riseyourvibration9669

2 жыл бұрын

Good question! Unfinished, half way explained!

What is the significance of 6 inches? Is it because it is approximately 1/4 the wave length of channel 14? (470-476 MHz) Have you tried different lengths of bare conductor to see the effect on reception?

I bought a $60 antenna off Amazon yesterday, waiting for it to be delivered probably tomorrow, in the meantime I searched “homemade tv antenna” and this was the 1st video that popped up. Literally, took 5 min, got 32 stations!! I’ll probably send the other one back and save my $60 😂

I did something similar when I switched to streaming services. Later, I found an old rabbit ears antenna and it works fine.

Thanks bro, helps allot

Works super good, went from 17 channels to 23 channels

I just did this and it works 👍 ... THANKS MAN ...... can't complaint

good info I'm glad I came across your video I now have three. tv's each with more channels

@CordCuttingReport

7 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Glad it helped.

Thanks dude for posting something so simple to do! A few years ago I got suckered into buying a very expensive and useless antenna from crutchfield. My dad helped me put it up and I thought I had a winner on the first day (which was a clear and non-windy day) but then reality set in a few days after. Wish I had seen this before because I sure as hell am not going up and down the damn roof to adjust that big ass thing just to get a good picture. For sure this summer it's coming down as it's a damn eye sore. This is awesome!! Thank you!!!

@CordCuttingReport

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your antenna woes. Glad this worked out. Don't judge all antenna makers by your experience. There are some very good models out there. Check out my site or other videos for suggestions and how I test them out.

Works like a charm!! Thank you sir!

This really works. I used an old aerial extension lead, and it works just fine. And I have located mine in the attic 👍

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

Nice. I've never put one in the attic before. Thanks for sharing that.

@tonynagington3830

6 жыл бұрын

Cord Cutting Report. No problem 👍

A UHF coaxial dipole. Used to make that design for the two meter Ham band and 440 MHz FM band. There was also a few business 2 way Radio antenna companies that used that kind of design for their antennas. 73 Jimmy, WX9DX

@CordCuttingReport

6 жыл бұрын

Neat. Thanks for sharing!

maybe you should update the video and show us the final position of the whole cable/antenna in the end

WOW,I now get all channel in my area!Thank you

Absolutely amazing how much money and stress I have saved just because a DYI person posted a helpful video on KZread. I followed the steps and now have a free TV antenna. I am watching a Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings game as I type this comment @

@CordCuttingReport

4 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear you are saving some cash. Thanks for sharing.

When I first saw this I said to myself.... sure.... right.... like the kid that said you could get faster internet by taping 2AA batteries to an old sneaker and hang it behind your computer.... or whatever the trick was ....but after reading all these positive reviews I HAVE to try this. Also I get a kick out of some of the (must be) young folks that never were without cable and they think we are stealing something. Back in the day, before cable I remember getting all of 3 channels... maybe 4 if you got PBS on a good day.... and no color either....... thanks for the idea.... will try it tonight.... Peace

@mikedee4399

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing like yeah right but I needed an antenna when my satellite went out because of the storms we were having. And after I made it and hooked it up I actually got more channels then I did with the one I bought at Walmart for $30 that I couldn't find. I put the copper wire in between the window and blinds and then clipped it to the blind I worked great. I got channels I didn't even know could get

Thanks for posting this tutorial. With this antenna I can pick up 59 channels in the El Paso, TX area and got rid of my cable subscription. You are a hero in my household and saved me a bunch of money.

@shirleyhansford6047

2 жыл бұрын

What part do u stick this antenna into at back of tv? Do you use the regular tv remote or cable remote

@lowboyblue

2 жыл бұрын

@@shirleyhansford6047 Screws into the cable antenna on back of TV. I use TV remote I go rid of cable and stream most content

Did this because I thought it was fake, then it worked. Never been so happy to play myself. 😂🤣Thank you!

worked for me....... THANKS!!