I found a cool looking antenna. We built a wi-fi antenna that works pretty good and I need a good tv antenna. Anyone know how to convert this one. Google says it is an old style dish type for tv? Obsolete. Info: Pacific monolithics down converter. pm33rl2-2270 s-n8031rs1215 pm33rl. Most of the info online is real technical. I think I want to convert it to connect to the digital converter box for tv. Any thoughts. see attached picture.
Cool antenna, tv, internet, what is it??
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velvetfoot
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Technically you want the antenna segments to match or be a multiple of the transmitted wavelenggth.
Untechnically, a coat hanger often works good enough, especially on a sunny not too dry/wet or windy day.
If you are trying to get the new digital signals you need a TV antenna that has the elements that will pick up what's left of the old carrier wavelengths. Any old antenna with <u>clean connections</u> that worked well for analogue signals should work well for digital signals.
Use good RG6 rather than RG59 cable, too, if you're buying new cable. If you ever want to use that cable for cable or sat signal it will perform better.
I don't know about RG6, but there is some really crappy cheap RG59 cable out there.
Untechnically, a coat hanger often works good enough, especially on a sunny not too dry/wet or windy day.
If you are trying to get the new digital signals you need a TV antenna that has the elements that will pick up what's left of the old carrier wavelengths. Any old antenna with <u>clean connections</u> that worked well for analogue signals should work well for digital signals.
Use good RG6 rather than RG59 cable, too, if you're buying new cable. If you ever want to use that cable for cable or sat signal it will perform better.
I don't know about RG6, but there is some really crappy cheap RG59 cable out there.
Highbeam
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I made a coat hanger antennae that works extremely well for UHF. I could get tons of channels in HD, perfect clarity over the air for FREE! Do a google search for coat hanger antenna, I used regular copper wire but these UHF antennas are relatively small and work very well. There's a huge cult of folks that are into getting over the air free reception this way. Commercial antennas are also very cheap.
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