I am located in Toronto, HWY 400 and HWY 401.
I have built a GH10 rev2 design by John and is now on the roof picking up "ALL" signals available in the area; I mean the ones broadcasting from Toronto and those from Buffalo.
Even in a day like today, snowy, cloudy and cold, all stations come in with good signal strength.
Later on I am going to post a list of all the channels I am receiving with details but right now I am going to talk a bit about how the antenna was built and the materials I used.
For the mast I decided to use square vinyl downspout 2 1/4"X21/4". I bought it at Home Hardware, it comes in 10' lengths white or brown. It sells for $9.49 Canadian Dollars. Home Hardware Item # 2636-151
I bought 3 poly cutting boards at the dollar store for a buck each + tax. I cut the into 5/8" strips.
For the reflector bars and the zigzag driven elements I used 1/4"X1/8" solid copper bar.
To float the zigzag driven elements I used 3/8" threaded galvanized metal rod, 1/2" copper pipe as spacers and 1" strip of the dollar store cutting board.
The following is a picture of the antenna in the roof
added info:
I put 1/2" plywood on the inside of the gutter pipe, forming an L shape, to give it more strength and to be able to fasten the elements to it.
I have built a GH10 rev2 design by John and is now on the roof picking up "ALL" signals available in the area; I mean the ones broadcasting from Toronto and those from Buffalo.
Even in a day like today, snowy, cloudy and cold, all stations come in with good signal strength.
Later on I am going to post a list of all the channels I am receiving with details but right now I am going to talk a bit about how the antenna was built and the materials I used.
For the mast I decided to use square vinyl downspout 2 1/4"X21/4". I bought it at Home Hardware, it comes in 10' lengths white or brown. It sells for $9.49 Canadian Dollars. Home Hardware Item # 2636-151
I bought 3 poly cutting boards at the dollar store for a buck each + tax. I cut the into 5/8" strips.
For the reflector bars and the zigzag driven elements I used 1/4"X1/8" solid copper bar.
To float the zigzag driven elements I used 3/8" threaded galvanized metal rod, 1/2" copper pipe as spacers and 1" strip of the dollar store cutting board.
The following is a picture of the antenna in the roof
added info:
I put 1/2" plywood on the inside of the gutter pipe, forming an L shape, to give it more strength and to be able to fasten the elements to it.