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Watch TV from the 90s and earlier

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653 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 28 Jul 23 12:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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AlbertCory ◴[28 Jul 23 15:08 UTC] No.36907892[source]▶
You can also get a digital TV antenna (< $100) since most of them are still being broadcast, somewhere. This gives you the FULL experience of having to know when the shows are "on." /s

Of course if you live in an apartment that may not work.

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op00to ◴[28 Jul 23 15:12 UTC] No.36907989[source]▶
You do not need to spend $100. You do not need to spend $1 if you have some scrap laying around. TV antennas are super easy to build!

http://users.wfu.edu/matthews/misc/dipole.html https://www.w9dup.org/technet_files/folded_dipoles_vhf_uhf_y...

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kamranjon ◴[28 Jul 23 15:17 UTC] No.36908086[source]▶
Will this still work now that VHF and UHF are no more?
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jpl56 ◴[28 Jul 23 15:25 UTC] No.36908263[source]▶
Yes, but just as before, you need multiple dipoles since there are multiple frequencies. Digital allows multiple channels where we had one analog.
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1. AlbertCory ◴[28 Jul 23 16:09 UTC] No.36909009[source]▶
Mine looks like a figure-8. And only about 3 feet high and 18 inches wide, more or less.