/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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Coaxial antenna carries a surge very well. In addition to the ground, run the cable through a surge protector or 2 before it gets to a tv, reciever etc There's passive in line ones that don't look much different from your standard passive splitter, or the probably currently unused one on half of any of the larger surge protectors you may own. Don't let a lightning strike blow your shit up.

>>2679592
Where would be a good place to ground it in an attic?

>>2679596
I don't know what's current. Old school was literally running to a ground rod.

>>2679596
Single wire to a copper pipe somewhere.

>>2679602
I have no copper piping in my attic.

>>2679605
Connect it to a cast iron vent. Fuck codes and fuck plumbers.

Get a larger antenna and attach your digital antenna to it. It picks up a crazy amount more channels

>>2679592
How is an antenna in an enclosed space going to be hit by lightning?

>>2679585
I do recommend putting it in the attic to prevent lightning strikes and to keep birds/storms from breaking it, especially if you get a new chinkshit one.
You don't need some meme "digital" antenna, the old style VHF/UHF combo antenna will do.
You may need an amplifier if you're making a very long coax run, in which case you'll also need a power outlet where the antenna is mounted. Consider a light bulb socket to outlet converter if nothing else is available.
If you live close to the transmitter towers, mounting a pair of rabbit ears horizontally in the attic will get you a bunch of channels, and save you from having to buy a bigger antenna. If you're REALLY cheap, some old coat hangers will probably do just as well. This is /diy/ after all.

>>2679602
Single wire to your service entrance ground rods.

>>2679585
>tv
>ANTENNA tv
>in case our internet goes out
Jesus christ, you must really love unskippable ads and the VHS filter. A DVD collection is a better alternative at this point.

Better idea. Setup a sshfs/samba server and pirate a bunch of shows. I have 80+ complete shows and 135+ movies on mine. The internet could be out for days and we would be fine.

As an added bonus, you can put other things on your server, too. I have almost 2TB of games alone. There's also digital books, comics, family pictures, various programs, and whatever else we want to put on there.

Instead of every person in the house having their own private book, music, movie, TV show, etc collections, spread across many different devices, we have consolidated them on to one that is accessible from any 'dummy terminal' in the house (their devices are not really dummy terminals but you get the idea).

So if you want to setup a media center in the living room, you don't need to transfer files, buy an array of hard drives, or anything like that. You just need a basic device/computer with enough storage to hold the OS, a way to plug it into the TV, and you're ready to start watching stuff in VLC, MPV, or whatever you prefer.

Or you can keep watching mattress warehouse ads with the horror movie static filter on. It's up to you.

>>2679633
I might try the cheaper option. We live about 4-5 miles from the transmitter as the crow flies

>>2679666
Maybe I’ll do that one day

>>2679605
If it's outside, run a copper wire from the antenna lightening arrestor to your existing building ground rod. It's bare wire, not rocket science. Any wire would work, of decent capacity.

If it's indoors, like inside an attic, how is that likely to be struck?

>>2679585
Do you actually have broadcast television near you? Any large mountains or valleys in the way?
Getting it to an attic can help, but if there's nothing actually making it to your house, you'll have a shit time of it. When TV was pure analog, the video would be fuzzy but still useful. Now, if you don't have at least decent reception, it's a blocky unuseable signal, or one that cuts out every other second.
Start by looking up where the towers are for the stations near you. If they're within 10 miles, or you live on a mountain, you might have something. Otherwise, it's a waste of time and money.

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>HELP! Required Windows 11 update broke things!
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>>2680010
I’m in eastern Kentucky. We have been able to pick up three stations before but we lived a few miles closer to the towers.

I bought a $40 RCA indoor amplified antenna from Walmart. I live in San Jose, CA and pick up about 60ch no problemo. I suggest you give it a try before doing it the hard way.

avoid that chink shit and get something from antennas direct
Also, you better ground it properly or just put it in your attic

Download an app called antenna point. All it does is find your location and determine the location and direction of the closest TV broadcast antennas.

If they are 45 miles or more away, I would not recommend an attic installation. The signal would be too weak.

>>2680076
Thanks for the website. I have my eye on an antenna or two

>>2680082
I have three strong channels within 6 miles of me

>>2680215
Then an attic install of a quality antenna should work for you.

>>2680073
Similar experience here. Just got an el'cheapo digital antenna from Wally World and mounted it to a truss member in the attic when blowing in insulation. Pointed it kinda-sorta towards the closest city and I get far more channels than I could ever care about.

>>2679666
Satanic Linux trips of truth.

>>2679666
>Jesus christ, you must really love unskippable ads and the VHS filter. A DVD collection is a better alternative at this point.
I can't get local news/weather on dvd you autistic cunt.

>>2680439
>I can't get local news/weather on dvd you autistic cunt.
Nigga, you already have something that can get you local news and weather. You're using it right now.

But just to go one step further:
https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Esky-Portable-Emergency-Flashlight/dp/B018I4BPNU/

Even if your phone is dead, even if there has been no electricity for days, even if there has been no sunlight for days, you STILL won't miss your local news or weather, and it has other uses as well.

I've never seen somebody pour so much gorilla grip on straws like that before. An unbridled grasp, to the envy of the gods.

>>2680439
>weather
Go outside
>local news
Talk to your neighbors

>>2680871
>go outside
No

>talk to your neighbors
I do but I don’t want to talk to people about current events.

>>2679585
Don't bother. Jump on craigslist, find someone getting rid of one of those fuckoff big roof antennas. They work so much better than those things, as those cheap ones basically cheap by adding an amp.
FCC has a map of TV stations. Figure out where the strongest ones are in relation to your house.

>>2679666
you realize they've been broadcasting digital for years now?

Che k out a dude named antennaman. He has some map deal that tells you where your broadcast comes from and can recommend an antenna based on your distance from said broadcast.

Installed the antenna without any problems. I can now pick up 7 channels from the towers five miles away.

>>2679585
um what about a satellite dish instead. I'm not american so no idea if that's a valid option for you. but it's much better quality and more content.

>>2681806
They used to be all over America if you were even vaguely rural. iirc they still work for unscrambled signals, but those are significantly less common now.

>>2681811
really wow. where i'm from it's the second thing you pick up after buying a tv. 500 open channels in 1080p for free.

>>2681825
I th I bj he's right, there's not really free satellite in n US anymore. Maybe you.can get a black market decrypt card, I got no idea, but everything good is gonna be encrypted.

Surprising good broadcast coverage though.

>>2681087
>digital
>so no static
>those geico commercials come in crystal clear!
>so hah!
Yeah that changes everything. When you put it like that, why wouldn't somebody want 15 minutes of ads to every 30 minutes of content?

>>2679666
yeah that all sounds great but it would be even better if you also had an antenna to watch tv as well

>>2679585
>install antenna so I can still watch 59 minutes of commercials during a 1 hour TV show incase I lose internet
consumerism at its finest.

>>2679622
kek

>>2679609
Does this work? Any one got a blue print example

>>2679633
>the old style VHF/UHF combo antenna will do.

>If you live close to the transmitter towers, mounting a pair of rabbit ears horizontally in the attic will get you a bunch of channels,

Older style antennas only work if a newer TV has a built in digital converter right?
Otherwise you have to buy the digital converter?

Are older style antennas better than the new digital antennas

>>2684290
Yes, most new tvs have them. iirc it was around 2007 when they realized OTA wasn't going anywhere and just started producing them with the capability. As far as quality, there were plenty of old antennas that were absolute dogshit. They just didn't last the test of time so you don't see the bad ones as much now.

>>2684290
>Older style antennas only work if a newer TV has a built in digital converter right?
Kind of a separate issue from the antenna itself, but yes, you need an ATSC receiver to pick up and decode ATSC broadcasts. Any TV made since around the time of the digital transition must have such a receiver built in. If you're using an analog-only TV, a converter box will be needed.
>Are older style antennas better than the new digital antennas
I think "digital antennas" came about during the transition partly to take advantage of consumer confusion, and partly because many stations were broadcasting analog on their original VHF channels, while at the same time broadcasting in digital on UHF. So-called "digital antennas" are mostly designed for UHF for this reason, and also because they're smaller and cheaper to produce that way. However, after the analog shutdown, many stations switched back to their original VHF frequencies, so a UHF-only antenna would perform worse than a combo antenna in that case.