Hobbyists Create GPLed DIY Super TV Antenna

Freshly Exhumed writes "Retired and hobbyist antenna engineers working together in the Digital Home forums have taken an obscure 1950s UHF TV antenna called the Hoverman [PDF] and subjected the design to modern software-based computer modeling in hopes of optimizing its middling performance. The result: the new Gray-Hoverman antenna is more powerful than similar commercially manufactured consumer antennas in every category, sometimes by whopping amounts. Best thing yet: they've released the design, diagrams, and schematics under the GPLv3 so that we can roll our own! Quoth one of the testers, a former U.S. Government antenna engineer: 'Boy, this antenna is hot... This antenna is a vast, and I mean REALLY VAST improvement over anything I have used.' The home thread of the Gray-Hoverman development gives the background of their great work."

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Re:How do I reply to the article itself?

[bkaul01]

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Reply" there, rather than at the bottom of a user's post.

Re:How do I reply to the article itself?

[h3llfish]

Normally, this is where I'd call you a dumbass, because I'm a jerk. But, I puzzled about this at first too. So, since we're both dumbasses, I figure I should help you out.

What you wanna do is click the "reply" button at the top of the comments page (towards the right), above any of the comments, rather than the "reply to" link that you clicked to post this current comment. It's not actually the most intuitive UI ever designed.

Re:How do I reply to the article itself?

[baldass_newbie]

Please tell me how to reply to the article instead of a comment so that I bring my comments up a tier.

You are so obviously new here (if not a troll) but I have to tell you...only the first guy in gets to post to the story. After that you're on your own.