Grey-Hoverman Antenna

**MagnaCentipede** · 03-23-2008, 05:34 AM

Just as I'm part of the ½% of the population that games on Windows 2000, I'm also part of the ½% of the population who uses aërial broadcasts. With the FCC cashing in by pushing nearly all broadcast into UHF in the States under the cloak of "Digital Broadcast," an old UHF antenna design from the 50's caught the attention of some antenna geeks and using the power of internets and computers, they worked out a revised design and kicked it out under GPL3 of all things.

Clearly, I had to blow a few hours on making one. And thus, a few hours later, birthed from the Pile O' Scrappy Crap, came this:

$4 loop and bowtie antennas: NBC and Mehico, which isn't impressive since NBC is one of the few stations running ATSC with a VHF signal, and the Univision/Telemundo is broadcasting from nowhere-land, which is pretty close to where I live.

Grey-Hoverman made from junk: NBC, PBS, CBS, ABC, CW, Mexico, FOX, Praise Jesus, Praise Jesus Even More, Independentsorta, and a block of subchannels coming out of the local college.

Not bad for wood in the scrap bucket, three metres of 12-guage, reflectors chopped off an inferior antenna, and the worst most-bendy nails in the universe.

Seriously, they were plotting against me or something.

War.mongeR1 · 03-23-2008, 10:27 AM

That's pretty interesting! I love DIY tech!

**El_Gringo_Grande** · 03-23-2008, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagnaCentipede

Just as I'm part of the ½% of the population that games on Windows 2000, I'm also part of the ½% of the population who uses aërial broadcasts. With the FCC cashing in by pushing nearly all broadcast into UHF in the States under the cloak of "Digital Broadcast," an old UHF antenna design from the 50's caught the attention of some antenna geeks and using the power of internets and computers, they worked out a revised design and kicked it out under GPL3 of all things.

Clearly, I had to blow a few hours on making one. And thus, a few hours later, birthed from the Pile O' Scrappy Crap, came this:

$4 loop and bowtie antennas: NBC and Mehico, which isn't impressive since NBC is one of the few stations running ATSC with a VHF signal, and the Univision/Telemundo is broadcasting from nowhere-land, which is pretty close to where I live.

Grey-Hoverman made from junk: NBC, PBS, CBS, ABC, CW, Mexico, FOX, Praise Jesus, Praise Jesus Even More, Independentsorta, and a block of subchannels coming out of the local college.

Not bad for wood in the scrap bucket, three metres of 12-guage, reflectors chopped off an inferior antenna, and the worst most-bendy nails in the universe.

Seriously, they were plotting against me or something.

Dude, you can't post something this cool and not give the link to the directions!

Comon'!

Elwenil · 03-23-2008, 01:52 PM

And the neighbors thought I was crazy for having a 20' CB/HAM antenna and a discone scanner antenna on the roof. I did scrap the plans for putting up the 40' tower and rotating beam antenna though.

Nice work and ingenuity though!

**MagnaCentipede** · 03-24-2008, 09:02 PM

While the cloudy overnight reception rocked the casbah, the Florida sun came out and cut half the stations out from under me.

So, naturally, I told the sun to go flare itself and made a bigger one.

Using the mighty power of the two-bay Gray-Hoverman* antenna, I expect to suck all the TV out of the skies, once I drink enough Dr Pepper to shimmy my butt up that ladder.

* Emphasis on the a because I misspelled it, earning myself hit number one for Grey-Hoverman on Google this morning.

**El_Gringo_Grande** · 03-24-2008, 09:16 PM

Since Magna won't do it I will.

I think this is the Link to directions

Bc2ID · 03-24-2008, 09:20 PM

Magna's other developments....

**MagnaCentipede** · 03-29-2008, 02:27 AM

So, I got it up into the third-floor of the guest quarters, ran the coax across the plantation, and everything seems just peachy.

I turn on the TV at 2am and what do I see?

NASONEX BEE KILLED DIGITAL TELEVISION!

The error code is Undefined Instruction, which means there's a bytecode error in the firmware. Thank you ZENITH DTT900.

Hambergler · 03-29-2008, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagnaCentipede

So, I got it up into the third-floor of the guest quarters, ran the coax across the plantation, and everything seems just peachy.

I turn on the TV at 2am and what do I see?

NASONEX BEE KILLED DIGITAL TELEVISION!

The error code is Undefined Instruction, which means there's a bytecode error in the firmware. Thank you ZENITH DTT900.

Looks like you and your antenna are having an extraterrestrial encounter.

03-23-2008, 05:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
MagnaCentipede Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,625	Grey-Hoverman Antenna Just as I'm part of the ½% of the population that games on Windows 2000, I'm also part of the ½% of the population who uses aërial broadcasts. With the FCC cashing in by pushing nearly all broadcast into UHF in the States under the cloak of "Digital Broadcast," an old UHF antenna design from the 50's caught the attention of some antenna geeks and using the power of internets and computers, they worked out a revised design and kicked it out under GPL3 of all things. Clearly, I had to blow a few hours on making one. And thus, a few hours later, birthed from the Pile O' Scrappy Crap, came this: $4 loop and bowtie antennas: NBC and Mehico, which isn't impressive since NBC is one of the few stations running ATSC with a VHF signal, and the Univision/Telemundo is broadcasting from nowhere-land, which is pretty close to where I live. Grey-Hoverman made from junk: NBC, PBS, CBS, ABC, CW, Mexico, FOX, Praise Jesus, Praise Jesus Even More, Independentsorta, and a block of subchannels coming out of the local college. Not bad for wood in the scrap bucket, three metres of 12-guage, reflectors chopped off an inferior antenna, and the worst most-bendy nails in the universe. Seriously, they were plotting against me or something. __________________

03-23-2008, 10:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
War.mongeR1 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,113	Re: Grey-Hoverman Antenna That's pretty interesting! I love DIY tech! __________________ "Common sense is not so common." -Voltaire

03-23-2008, 01:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Elwenil Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Covington, VA USA Age: 34 Posts: 1,226	Re: Grey-Hoverman Antenna And the neighbors thought I was crazy for having a 20' CB/HAM antenna and a discone scanner antenna on the roof. I did scrap the plans for putting up the 40' tower and rotating beam antenna though. Nice work and ingenuity though! __________________ \|TG\|Elwenil A vote for Obama is change we can believe in? So was the last ice age, but that don't make it good.

03-24-2008, 09:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
MagnaCentipede Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,625	Re: Grey-Hoverman Antenna While the cloudy overnight reception rocked the casbah, the Florida sun came out and cut half the stations out from under me. So, naturally, I told the sun to go flare itself and made a bigger one. Using the mighty power of the two-bay Gray-Hoverman* antenna, I expect to suck all the TV out of the skies, once I drink enough Dr Pepper to shimmy my butt up that ladder. * Emphasis on the a because I misspelled it, earning myself hit number one for Grey-Hoverman on Google this morning. __________________

03-24-2008, 09:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
El_Gringo_Grande Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: OKIE HOMY Age: 39 Posts: 2,133	Re: Grey-Hoverman Antenna Since Magna won't do it I will. I think this is the Link to directions __________________ Sen. John McCain (AZ) For President '08 --- I’m not racists, I have republican friends. Radio show host. - "The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity". -Jacob Burkhardt - "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Emerson - "People should not be afraid of it's government, government should be afraid of it's People." - Line from V for Vendetta - If software were as unreliable as economic theory, there wouldn't be a plane made of anything other than paper that could get off the ground. Jim Fawcette

03-29-2008, 02:27 AM	#8 (permalink)
MagnaCentipede Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,625	Re: Grey-Hoverman Antenna So, I got it up into the third-floor of the guest quarters, ran the coax across the plantation, and everything seems just peachy. I turn on the TV at 2am and what do I see? NASONEX BEE KILLED DIGITAL TELEVISION! The error code is Undefined Instruction, which means there's a bytecode error in the firmware. Thank you ZENITH DTT900. __________________

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