Make a TV Antenna Out of a Banana Peel (FREE TV)

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Make a TV Antenna Out of a Banana Peel (FREE TV)

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This Instructable is about making a TV antenna out of a banana peel. The TV antenna that we bought did not work (we live too far out for the signal to get to us), and set out to make a really cheap one. I spent about $0.50 on the whole thing. I have around 30 channels now (for free too)!

Gather Materials

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You shall be needing the following items:

1. Banana (Trader Joe's sells them for $0.19 each

2. Coaxial cable (make sure it looks like the one in the picture)

3. TV (if you are planning to watch TV channels when you are done)

Build It!

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First, I recommend that you eat the banana. Take a peel and stick it into to pin in the middle of the coaxial cable connector. Then, carefully screw in the other end of the coaxial cable into your TV.

Watch TV

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Now, you can turn on your TV, and search for channels. Not all channels worked for me, but a lot did. Be sure not to move the banana around, because that is your antenna!