DIY Coat Hanger Antenna | Bowtie

DIY Coat Hanger Antenna

A very popular DIY design. Simple to make with materials around the house and it works as long as you don’t care about ugly & big.

It does work.  This design is also utilized in my hobby/amateur radio groups. Go with the standard whisker lengths or optimize for your your area.

Template

MATERIALS:

• 10 or 12 gauge Wire (copper, aluminum, steel). Coat hanger wire is ~12 gauge steel.
• Screws
• Washers
• 75-300 ohm balun transformer (optional as you can splice coax end to connect)
• 2×4 wood
• RG6 coax of 6′ or 15′ length

More Ways to Build:

• https://www.wikihow.com/Build-Antennas#Making-an-HDTV-Antenna
• https://makezine.com/projects/digital-tv-coat-hanger-antenna/
• http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/pdf/make-digital-tv-coat-hanger-antenna.pdf
• https://blog.solidsignal.com/reviews/can-use-coat-hanger-antenna/