I make a better antenna than my cable tv

AznAnarchy99

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So im trying to get my TV to work in my room and i connect it to the wall and its getting horrible static and i have no idea why... but then i touch the pin with my finger on the cable and it comes up looking like HDTV. I think when i want to watch tv, ill just hold the cable and touch it with my finger.
 

djheater

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Somebody explain this (MS Dawn)... I get the same thing, especially radios... If I hold the antenaa I get great reception, better than anywhere else...
 

dannybek

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Yea, I could get alien transmissions when I got my tooth filled. In fact Im downloading satellite information from uranus
 

So

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Cable in your wall is shielded specifically to avoid receiving outside signals (interference). Your body is effectively a large conductor, with extremities that are close to a lot of frequencies.
 

So

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Originally posted by: bonkers325
Originally posted by: Bootprint
Just hire some homeless guy to act as your attenna.

thats the best idea ever, until he pees on your couch and starts drum fires

Just remind him that all the whiskey on his breath makes him highly flammable too.
 

Rumpltzer

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Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: bonkers325
Originally posted by: Bootprint
Just hire some homeless guy to act as your attenna.

thats the best idea ever, until he pees on your couch and starts drum fires

Just remind him that all the whiskey on his breath makes him highly flammable too.
I have a midget working for me.
 

alrocky

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Originally posted by: dannybek
Yea, I could get alien transmissions when I got my tooth filled. In fact Im downloading satellite information from uranus
Just be careful you don't mistakenly download that E. Coli virus.
 

AznAnarchy99

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Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
You get a signal without the cable connected to anything but your finger??

Pretty much. When its connected to the wall it doesnt work -_-
 

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