Internal foil antenna repair questions?

[DeLorean00]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

If your modulator is set up optimally the set should be able to pull in a decent signal on that antenna even if some of the foil is missing... I'd try it before going to the trouble of fixing that antenna.

I set up my antennas for the two channels following the formulas for their stations. They are good approximate. I have them set up in my second story which overlooks the entrance hall of my house and I get pretty good reception with them set on a very low level. But I still use some rabbit ears on my sets as none of my other TVs had any internal antenna so I am not sure what to expect with one.

Also, I would already be able to test this but I am sitting on my hands waiting on some power resistors to arrive I bought online. I am pretty much got the rest of the set done, except in this picture you can see one big huge multi-section electrolytic capacitor that is still in place because I am waiting to remove its last two sections as I want to install the power resistor and new electrolytics on the same terminal strip.

[old_coot88]

Electrically, a few feet of wire looped around in the same configuration will do the same job. Unadjustable built-in antennas were never intended to 'work' anyway, except in very strong signal areas.