The short answer is , metal antenna elements are tuned by length and diameter to resonate at a electro magnetic frequencies of the tv channels. The vibrating electrons vibrate each other , even over long distance. Some every day examples of this are , electric guitar , the electrons in a vibrating metal string vibrate the electrons in the electro magnet under the metal string, and this vibrating electron energy is connected to a amplifier.
A simpler example is a 'toaster' , the vibrating 'electrons/electric' flowing through the wires in the toaster make the electrons in the wires vibrate very fast and with a lot of energy and this is high rate of friction between the electrons makes heat. Friction makes Heat and light , light is vibrating electrons vibrating at a rate/frequency that you can see with your eyes The same thing in a light bulb.
The resistance of tungsten wire to the to the vibrating electrons causes more friction and this makes heat and light.
Electricity , is in fact vibrating electrons.
The different rates of vibration convey different information. Type of information are in fact , heat or light. Radio or Television or Etc,.
Yes, amplifiers can pick up radio signals if they are designed to do so and are connected to an antenna.
Yes, a UHF antenna can pick up VHF signals, but not well. The size difference makes the uhf antenna "inefficient" for the longer vhf wave length, but some energy can be received by the uhf antenna.
On the settings or set up menu the tuner might not be set to receive off air signals or might be in the cable mode or it might be in the analog mode and you no longer have any analog stations to receive. Check to see if you are in the digital and antenna modes.
I have not seen any digital TVs with a built in antenna. Depending on where you live you could use a simple "rabbit ears" setup or even one with a built in amplifier if you're a bit far from the stations.
Pick up the electromagnetic radiation (in the radio or TV bands) so that it can be brought into the set as electrical signals. This is analogous to the purpose of your eyes: pick up the electromagnetic radiation (visible light) so that the information can be brought into your brain as nerve impulses. However the antenna is usually just passive, whereas you eyes contain much of the active processing "circuits" that extract information that would be inside the radio or TV set.
The plural of antenna is:antennae, if you're referring to the appendages of an insect;antennas, if you're referring to aerials for picking up radio/tv signals.
The word is spelled antenna. A good example sentence using this word is, "Most cars have an antenna on them to pick up radio signals."
No. Satellite signals are very weak- after all, they are small devices, trying to spray a signal all over a continent. To pick them up requires an antenna pointed directly at them (no fun watching five satellites at the same time!) and a bulky bit of technology called a "low noise amplifier". Neither could be built into an LCD TV. Sorry.
It sure will! (But you still need an antenna)
they dont. An antenna is simply a piece of metal hooked to a device (normally a radio or a walkie-talkie). A receiver (for example, a radio) pick up electrical signals from the antenna, and a transmitter sends them to the antenna. They can be combined to form a transceiver which then sends and receives signals from the antenna.
You need a special digital version of the old-fashioned "rabbit ears" to pick up digital TV broadcasts over the air.
No, an external antenna can work without electricity. It simply picks up radio frequency signals from the air and sends them to the device it is connected to. The device, such as a TV or radio, uses its own power to process and display the signals.