Home Wiring An Antenna
I want to turn the house copper wall wiring into one huge tv antenna to receive free over the air broadcast television by plugging in a coaxial cable in to the back of the hdtv.
Home wiring an antenna. About gadgets to use house wiring as tv antenna note that these 10 devices usually contain a single 5 cent ceramic capacitor as their sophisticated electronic circuitry. The versatility in this antenna shows up in more ways than one with your option to stick it on a wall stand it up using the included stand or let it lie flat on any surface in your home. It s a great deal for the sellers the. Yes and no no no.
Antennas are best deployed using as much metal as possible and placed as high as is feasible. Recieving a signal incurs resistance. Recognizing this relationship a few manufacturers have made adapters that allow the wiring of a house to turn the structure into a large loopstick antenna. By plugging a coaxial cable into a wall adapter you can use your home wiring as an antenna.
If your home was wired in the past 10 years for cable tv or satellite dish reception then the wiring in your home has already been distributed to all of the rooms where you want to watch television. A simple antenna design i found on the internet once you find the right spot you will have decent reception from stations 50. They functioned as advertised but seeing as neither was designed for the purpose they re both woefully unprepared for the accidental circumstance of a larger emf pulse. First you need the right equipment.
The home s electrical wiring acts as the receiving antenna. You can use a 15 cent capacitor to couple a tv to the house wiring and the 22pf capacitor will actually do an adequate job of passing tv signals that the wiring has picked up to the tv. Wiring wrapped around the sensor acts as a broadcast antenna. Video walk through with directions for an easy to build am fm antenna.
The rest of the fancy plastic case is just for show. The following is from. The wiring in your home can act as a giant antenna and pick up broadcast signals for your entertainment. The 4k ready antop at 127 is just half a millimeter thin and there s decent power in that petiteness with an advertised 40 mile range that should be enough to cover most urban areas.
House wiring is a giant coil of metal. Then tune your tv or radio to pick up broadcast stations.