A friend of mine has one of those square UHF HD TV amplified antennas. We moved it into the attic and got 17 channels. We really wanted PBS. Its about 45 miles away in Clearfield PA. PBS would only come in pixellated for a brief moments. I bent a #10 copper wire a quarter wavelength this way and that. I found that the at the far end of the range the HD TV signal comes in vertically polarized. I made a wire after several tries that works well. It resonates at the frequency of UHF channel 18. It has 3 elements and is about 1.5 feet long. I glued it to the square UHF antenna and pointed the arrangement towards Clearfield. I worked like a charm. PBS is coming in solid most of the time. The antenna looks something like below. It receives the signal through the roof in the attic. Could this be a new product, a bent wire tuned for various UHF channels? It would only work to bring in one marginal channel better.
| | | | | I am thinking about this one. Maybe another friend Howard may be able to help with this one. Frank Z
