This is the last of several instructables covering construction of this antenna that. The gray hoverman antenna construction for meteor observation. The hoverman antenna was invented in the 1950s by doyt hoverman before the advent of computer modeling, and appears to be a variation for uhf of the much earlier chireixmesny shortwave antenna. This post will show two variants of this antenna that can be used to receive 170. This is the last of several instructables covering construction of this antenna that receives uhf stations and, optionally, those in the high end of the vhf band. Grayhoverman, the wideband tv antenna one transistor. Grayhoverman is an easy to build wideband uhf antenna. Canadian antenna buff autofils, speculating in an online discussion of build it yourself antennas on the digital home web site in early 2008 on the possibility of experimenting with the old hoverman antenna design, sought out old sparks, another canadian antenna enthusiast, who used 4nec2 computer antenna modelling software to model the.
The grayhoverman antenna for uhf television reception. The antenna offers sufficient gain for dvbt, dvbt2, isdbt and atsc reception. The grayhoverman or gh for short is a diy antenna for picking up television broadcasts in the uhf ultra high frequency spectrum. The grayhoverman antenna final assembly is straightforward once all the. According to the enthusiast in an online forum, the original design of the gray hoverman antenna had a poor swr performance after much research and attempt being. Please note the straight reflector at the top and bottom that is 6 millimeters from the antenna elements. However, with some improvements, the antenna can receive well both the uhf as well as vhfhi. The grayhoverman antenna has its roots in a design dating back to the late. The grayhoverman antenna designs, schematics, and diagrams. In late 2007 and through much of 2008 the hoverman antenna was subjected to computer modeling and a number of improvements were made by a small group of antenna enthusiasts on the digitalhome. Hoverman antennas seems to be in the article pdf the hoverman, vud.
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