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A Simple, Efficient TV Antenna
published by G. Eric Matthews, Professor
This website, provided by Professor Rick Matthews of Wake Forest University, contains instructions on how to build an inexpensive but effective TV antenna.  The site includes formulas for converting channel number to frequency, and frequency to wavelength (that is, wavelength in "twin-lead," the standard antenna lead wire).  A diagram shows that the distance across the antenna is half the wavelength.
https://matthews.sites.wfu.edu/misc/dipole.html
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Keywords: TV station, antenna, channel, frequency, radio wave, television, wavelength
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A Simple, Efficient TV Antenna, <https://matthews.sites.wfu.edu/misc/dipole.html>.
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A Simple, Efficient TV Antenna. (n.d.). Retrieved December 17, 2025, from https://matthews.sites.wfu.edu/misc/dipole.html
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. A Simple, Efficient TV Antenna. https://matthews.sites.wfu.edu/misc/dipole.html (accessed 17 December 2025).
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A Simple, Efficient TV Antenna. 17 Dec. 2025 <https://matthews.sites.wfu.edu/misc/dipole.html>.
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