How To Convert a Satellite Dish to a TV Antenna for Free Channels

[Antenna Man]

Time for another AWESOME video from Tyler the Antenna Man!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BUhsHpB5dA

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[harshness]

It would appear that Tyler thinks a mast is the business end of the dish.

 

[Comptech]

It would appear that Tyler thinks a mast is the business end of the dish.

I agree, I would leave the dish as is and put a small yagi for a scanner or TV In place of the LNB. a small dish antenna would not be great, but I have a channel master 1.8 I have always wanted to do with a yagi in front of it.

 

[Peter Parker]

In the video he is clear that they are replacing the dish not just placing an antenna in front of it.

 

[harshness]

In the video he is clear that they are replacing the dish not just placing an antenna in front of it.

The title says "How to convert a satellite dish to a TV antenna".

Clickbait and switch at its finest.

 

[Foxbat]

I will say I did this about eight years ago for a friend who had dropped DirecTV for AT&T U-verse and did the same: removed the reflector and LNBf, installed a Channel Master UHF antenna, and re-used the RG6 Quad coax to her TV for locals. The J-arm mast on the roof made a perfect base for the antenna.

As for the click-baity title, I can’t argue with that; Tyler does not use the reflector or arm in any way, so the “satellite dish” is not converted, just the mounting location. That might have made the title too long for YouTube algorithms, though.

 

[Justin Hill]

The title says "How to convert a satellite dish to a TV antenna".

"How to replace a satellite dish with a TV antenna" would be a better title for the video...