Not only is receiving free television achievable, it is actually quite fashionable these days. You may argue that there’s nothing to watch on broadcast television. Well, there’s nothing on satellite dish either. And free HDTV is better, especially the quality of the picture. I’m a fool for free TV! Yes, I had satellite television for […]

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Will the HDTV signal amplifier improve my digital signal? This was a question I was asking myself before I bought the signal booster, specifically the 4 Port Cable TV/HDTV/Digital Amplifier Internet Modem Signal Booster Internet AMP. Read on if you’re interested in the results. My antenna is the homemade coat hanger, the 4- bay style. […]

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Recently I have built several coat hanger HDTV antennas and had a couple of older television sets that did not receive a digital signal. The solution was getting the Magnavox DTV Digital to Analog Converter. This one works great! The setup was simple and straightforward, but I was already familiar with how converters work. I […]

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Here’s a DX antenna that is quite remarkable if constructed properly. If it isn’t put together right, it will just play okay but not top shelf. The 20 meter vertical loop antenna will get you around the world if the conditions allow it. My first contact to Australia was on my 20 meter loop, so […]

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Here are the 60 Meter band frequencies. Channel 1 — 5330.5 USB Channel 2 — 5346.5 USB Channel 3 — 5357.0 USB Channel 4 — 5371.5 USB Channel 5 — 5403.5 USB For more info click on the HFLINK website.

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Here’s a weekend project that will keep you busy for a moment and will give you a very nice police scanner antenna. This antenna is called an Off-Center Fed Dipole. The assembly is fairly easy and receive capability is fantastic. It took me a few minutes to put this scanner antenna together because I already […]

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Around The World With Solar Power Tûranor PlanetSolar is the biggest solar run ship in the world. If you visit the website you can find out the actual position of the boat. The name Tûranor, derived from J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings, translates to “The Power of the Sun”. Here is the […]

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The 80 meter loop is the antenna I would recommend to any amateur radio operator for the low bands. I have constructed several HF antennas by now, and I am starting to develop some practical knowledge about the topic. I am still in the learning process myself. What do I like about the 80 meter […]

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I posted in February about The 160 Meter Electric Fence Wire Dipole and I am going to take another look at this HF antenna. I have made some changes in my arrangement of this antenna. Some strong winds snapped one of the wires, so I opted to better the situation if possible. Here are the […]

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Getting HDTV reception has never been easier. While the homemade HDTV Bowtie antenna performs fairly well, I will eventually replace these coat hangers with the WINEGARD HD-9032 UHF High-Gain 35-Element HDTV Antenna and then get a power booster. This should give me the ultimate HDTV reception. This might help me with the channels that keep […]

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