I built this TV re-transmitter. It takes the output from a VCR or such and retransmits it. It works good with the 75 ohm dummy load (good picture and sound, nice 66 Mhz. sine wave output) but when I attach it to a simple dipole antenna the output is distorted and I can't pick up the signal on the TV. I think it's because I can't tune it to the antenna???? Any ideas.
Small series resistors in the base or collector can help with gain stability. You might just have a parasitic oscillation from the antenna mismatch or from poor shielding.
I think I may not have made the antenna length as colse as I might have - I used 66 Mhz. for channel 4. I should have used 69 for the center of it.
The balun may also help.
I think the layout is okay but I will keep the resistors in my back pocket if the others don't fix it.
I was afraid I had made a basic mistake - maybe it will work after all.