dixon.james•23d agoMost Upvoted

Shoutout to the $3 aluminum foil fix for my cheap TV antenna

So my $15 indoor antenna from Target kept cutting out during football games. I read online about wrapping the cable in foil to block interference. Tried it with a sheet from my kitchen and it actually boosted signal by like 20% lol. Now I can watch the whole game without flipping out every 5 minutes. Has anyone else found weird hacks like this for cheap antennas?

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kim.nina23d ago

and honestly that makes so much sense because I tried the whole aluminum foil thing on my roku stick once when the signal kept dropping and it actually worked better than I thought. like the foil basically acts as a little shield for the signal, I guess? but the weirdest hack I ever found was putting my antenna on top of a metal cookie sheet, that boosted the signal way more than the foil did for some reason. now I just leave the cookie sheet up there and my wife thinks I'm crazy but the football game comes in clear so who cares.

roberts.leo23d ago

You put a cookie sheet on your antenna and it actually worked better than foil? That's insane but I'm honestly impressed your wife hasn't thrown it out yet.

roberts.leo22d ago

the foil basically acts as a little shield" - yeah I always thought that was total bro science but you just changed my mind. I used to roll my eyes at people putting foil on anything tech related, but if a cookie sheet can actually pull in football games then I guess I've been wrong this whole time haha.