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Anyone build up anything from copper wire and for inside?
I'm thinking about making a 'V' centered/pointed towards the trans site.
Since any store antenna with 'HDTV' written on it is a rip-off.

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Just make sure to point your elements like this:

(transmitter)
V
V
V

You'll notice some TV antennas have straight elements while others have "V" elements. Antennas with straight elements typically have one element per channel. Antennas with "V" elements use a single element for multiple channels and/or are designed for long range. The reason for this is because a dipoles pattern tends to spread toward the ends as you get away from its resonant frequency, so you bend the elements a little to keep its pattern pointed straight.

Personally I would just buy an antenna from a discount outlet like Stark Electronic. Its hard to beat the gain of a commercial product with homebrew stuff.

This looks pretty cool from Stark.

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