Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

A super simple and super quick to make antenna from a coaxial cable for receiving digital television channels can be made with your own hands in about 5 minutes. For this you will need absolutely nothing except the cable itself. And this is the main advantage of this antenna.
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Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

This design will definitely help you out, for example, when you have just moved into your home and have yet to install a cable or install a stationary antenna. Of course, this is not the only example where this truly simple loop antenna will help.
Now in the comments someone will definitely write that there are even simpler antennas, like a whip one. To make it, it will be enough to simply remove two insulations from the cable and everything will work. Of course, I agree with this, but the loop antenna that I will make from coaxial cable will have much greater gain, due to its directivity and resonant closed circuit.

Making an antenna from coaxial cable


This is what the version made from black cable looks like.
Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

Now let's start making the antenna in order.All we need is less than half a meter of coaxial cable of any color. I took the white one.
Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

We retreat 5 cm from the edge of the cable and remove the top insulation.
Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

Next, remove the insulation from the central core.
Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

Now we twist everything together neatly and tightly.
Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

Then, from the edge with the insulation removed, we retreat 22 cm and cut out a 2 cm piece of the top insulation and the shielded wire from the hose, without touching the insulation of the central core.
Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

Now we measure another 22 cm from the end of the cut and make a cut 1 cm wide only by removing the top insulation. We do not touch the cable shield.
Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

Next, take the end of the cable from which we started. And we wrap it very tightly at the last cut, forming a circle of the antenna.
Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

At this point, our antenna is ready for use. Of course, this is not necessary, but if you hang the antenna outside, it is better to insulate all exposed areas of the cable with electrical tape. You can also add a rigid frame, but this is optional.

Antenna location


We direct the antenna to a repeater or television tower. The direction can also be selected experimentally by rotating the antenna.
The best option would be to place it outside the window, since the walls of the house greatly dampen the high-frequency signal.
Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

The test showed excellent results


Cable antenna for digital TV in 5 minutes

Watch the video instructions for making the antenna


If you still don’t understand how to make an antenna from a cable, be sure to watch the video below or ask questions in the comments.
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Comments (186)
  1. IKS
    #1 IKS Guests June 23, 2018 10:39
    27
    Incredibly, the method works! From a simple horn signal there was 50-60%, but now it’s 95-99!
  2. Nemo
    #2 Nemo Guests 6 July 2018 19:20
    24
    Did not believe. I tried it, about 10 minutes and it was done. It really works.
  3. Guest Evgeniy
    #3 Guest Evgeniy Guests 9 July 2018 20:48
    36
    Total nonsense it doesn't work until the station is 25 km away
    1. MrShtirlits
      #4 MrShtirlits Guests November 25, 2018 08:43
      16
      Maybe the “farts are wrong”... it works for everyone. My station is 12 kilometers to the south, the kitchen is on the 2nd floor of a 5-story building. windows to the north, assembled according to the diagram, placed it on the window inside the kitchen “by guess” on a hill (reflected signal) .. and the first multiplex caught it right away... I tried both the wire and some kind of cheap antenna - nothing was caught.... so thanks master!!!
    2. hvs
      #5 hvs Guests 7 January 2019 20:24
      10
      Most likely there was a short circuit in the soldering area, take everything apart and put it back together again, this frame should work
    3. Basil
      #6 Basil Guests 24 May 2019 20:48
      11
      Works at a distance of 30 km Checked 30 minutes ago.
  4. GermAnych
    #7 GermAnych Guests 20 July 2018 21:49
    14
    Thank you, really 5 minutes and 30 digital channels!
    1. Guest Nikolay
      #8 Guest Nikolay Guests 20 February 2019 20:38
      19
      What 30, when there are only 20 of them)))) You are a real universalist
      1. Guest Alexander
        #9 Guest Alexander Guests 17 March 2019 15:36
        12
        We live on the border with Kazakhstan: 20 Russian channels and 10 Kazakh channels
  5. Dmitry Zlatoodynskikh
    #10 Dmitry Zlatoodynskikh Guests 3 August 2018 16:03
    7
    Thank you. Great help! The reception is excellent.
  6. Guest Anatoly
    #11 Guest Anatoly Guests 13 August 2018 23:12
    58
    I caught 800 satellite channels. Antenna fire
    1. Guest Alex
      #12 Guest Alex Guests 7 January 2019 13:43
      21
      Did you catch satellites with a net???
  7. Guest Yuri
    #13 Guest Yuri Guests 5 September 2018 13:09
    6
    Great antenna for the city! I'm absolutely delighted! Thank you!!!
  8. Guest Alexey
    #14 Guest Alexey Guests 24 September 2018 20:25
    9
    I caught the first 10 channels, the second packet is apparently on a different frequency
  9. Guest Vladimir
    #15 Guest Vladimir Guests 26 September 2018 13:10
    13
    thank you very much everything turned out great
  10. Arthur Shpagin
    #16 Arthur Shpagin Guests 28 September 2018 12:33
    5
    A piece of simple wire at the end of a coaxial wire will work just as well ;)