Advice on antenna and installation

Hi all. I've looked around and found several people who recommend the
Philips MNT902W outdoor antenna for picking up HD (and SD) over the
air signals. Anyone on here used it and want to comment? I'm also
interested in how big the thing is ASSEMBLED. I found lots of helpful
info about how big the box it comes in is, but nothing on how big it
is put together. I ask because rumor has it you can mount them in the
attic and they will still work very well. I happen to have a tiny
attic. Anyone have experience mounting antennas in attics? Is the
reception drastically reduced? Final question, if I install this
outside or in the attic, do I need to somehow ground/protect it from
lightning? If yes, how exactly does one go about it? Thanks all!
-Will

wrote:
Hi all. I've looked around and found several people who recommend the
Philips MNT902W outdoor antenna for picking up HD (and SD) over the
air signals. Anyone on here used it and want to comment? I'm also
interested in how big the thing is ASSEMBLED. I found lots of helpful
info about how big the box it comes in is, but nothing on how big it
is put together. I ask because rumor has it you can mount them in the
attic and they will still work very well. I happen to have a tiny
attic. Anyone have experience mounting antennas in attics? Is the
reception drastically reduced? Final question, if I install this
outside or in the attic, do I need to somehow ground/protect it from
lightning? If yes, how exactly does one go about it? Thanks all!
-Will

You may be able to fit it in your attic, but it will give better
results on the roof. Depending on the stations in your area, you
might be better off with the Channel Master 4228. It is designed
as a UHF antenna, but picks up the high VHF channels quite well.
Check this website to see what size you need: www.antennaweb.org

Chip

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On Oct 30, 2:31 pm, wrote:
wrote:
Hi all. I've looked around and found several people who recommend the
Philips MNT902W outdoor antenna for picking up HD (and SD) over the
air signals. Anyone on here used it and want to comment? I'm also
interested in how big the thing is ASSEMBLED. I found lots of helpful
info about how big the box it comes in is, but nothing on how big it
is put together. I ask because rumor has it you can mount them in the
attic and they will still work very well. I happen to have a tiny
attic. Anyone have experience mounting antennas in attics? Is the
reception drastically reduced? Final question, if I install this
outside or in the attic, do I need to somehow ground/protect it from
lightning? If yes, how exactly does one go about it? Thanks all!
-Will

You may be able to fit it in your attic, but it will give better
results on the roof. Depending on the stations in your area, you
might be better off with the Channel Master 4228. It is designed
as a UHF antenna, but picks up the high VHF channels quite well.
Check this website to see what size you need:www.antennaweb.org

Chip

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I am just about to dump or reduce my dishnetwork. My local OTA HD is
great!
I bought a $12 HD (rabbit ear) antenna from RatShack and a $79 ATSC
tuner box from newegg.
Togther with my older 27" analog tv in the bedroom it picks up "ALL"
local (TUCSON AZ) digital stations. Whoo Hoo! ! !

Plus I do have my old roof antenna that I feed into my living room
Wide LCD with builtin ATSC digital tuner. These work really well.
You do not neccessarily have to have a "digital" antenna, unless you
have a bad signal situation.

I am expecting delivery of a Phillips DVD burner with 160g HDD with
ATSC tuner for PVR functions of OTA any day now.
My 2¢ -YB-

On Oct 30, 8:45 pm, Yellowbeard wrote:

I am just about to dump or reduce my dishnetwork. My local OTA HD
is
great!
I bought a $12 HD (rabbit ear) antenna from RatShack and a $79 ATSC
tuner box from newegg.
Togther with my older 27" analog tv in the bedroom it picks up
"ALL"
local (TUCSON AZ) digital stations. Whoo Hoo! ! !

Plus I do have my old roof antenna that I feed into my living room
Wide LCD with builtin ATSC digital tuner. These work really well.
You do not neccessarily have to have a "digital" antenna, unless
you
have a bad signal situation.

I am expecting delivery of a Phillips DVD burner with 160g HDD with
ATSC tuner for PVR functions of OTA any day now.
My 2¢ -YB-

You'll like it but don't be surprised if you want a bigger disk drive
down the road. I've started recording lots of shows for later in the
season when the reruns start - not here. So far after 5 weeks I have
370 gigs 'in the can' on a 500 gig drive with another 500 gig drive
waiting to be opened and also a 320 gig and if I need another 500
gigs, well, that's another $120

GG

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:12:40 +0000, larkmore wrote:

Hi all. I've looked around and found several people who recommend the
Philips MNT902W outdoor antenna for picking up HD (and SD) over the air
signals. Anyone on here used it and want to comment?

You can find reviews all over the web. Here's one.

five good years until it fell apart
Reviewer: 5goodyrs from west texas on Mon Mar 26 09:52:56 EDT 2007

It works great until the elements start falling off in the wind.

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Yellowbeard wrote:
On Oct 30, 2:31 pm, wrote:
wrote:
Hi all. I've looked around and found several people who recommend
the Philips MNT902W outdoor antenna for picking up HD (and SD) over
the air signals. Anyone on here used it and want to comment? I'm
also interested in how big the thing is ASSEMBLED. I found lots of
helpful info about how big the box it comes in is, but nothing on
how big it is put together. I ask because rumor has it you can
mount them in the attic and they will still work very well. I
happen to have a tiny attic. Anyone have experience mounting
antennas in attics? Is the reception drastically reduced? Final
question, if I install this outside or in the attic, do I need to
somehow ground/protect it from lightning? If yes, how exactly does
one go about it? Thanks all! -Will

You may be able to fit it in your attic, but it will give better
results on the roof. Depending on the stations in your area, you
might be better off with the Channel Master 4228. It is designed
as a UHF antenna, but picks up the high VHF channels quite well.
Check this website to see what size you need:www.antennaweb.org

Chip

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I am just about to dump or reduce my dishnetwork. My local OTA HD is
great!
I bought a $12 HD (rabbit ear) antenna from RatShack and a $79 ATSC
tuner box from newegg.
Togther with my older 27" analog tv in the bedroom it picks up "ALL"
local (TUCSON AZ) digital stations. Whoo Hoo! ! !

Plus I do have my old roof antenna that I feed into my living room
Wide LCD with builtin ATSC digital tuner. These work really well.
You do not neccessarily have to have a "digital" antenna, unless you
have a bad signal situation.

I am expecting delivery of a Phillips DVD burner with 160g HDD with
ATSC tuner for PVR functions of OTA any day now.
My 2¢ -YB-

There is no such thing as a "digital" antenna!

Wes Newell wrote in news:zOUVi.9774$aJ3.8925
@trnddc02:

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:12:40 +0000, larkmore wrote:

Hi all. I've looked around and found several people who recommend the
Philips MNT902W outdoor antenna for picking up HD (and SD) over the air
signals. Anyone on here used it and want to comment?

You can find reviews all over the web. Here's one.

five good years until it fell apart
Reviewer: 5goodyrs from west texas on Mon Mar 26 09:52:56 EDT 2007

It works great until the elements start falling off in the wind.

I used to live on Sable Island (90 miles off the Nova Scotia coast in the
North Atlantic. We used to budget for about three TV antennas annually
because, sooner or later the weather would strip them to a bare boom!


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Thanks for the info all.

Any additional comments on the grounding/lightning protection
question? I don't want to turn the thing into a lightning rod, but
don't know what the accepted installation practice is. Any takers?
-Will

wrote:
Thanks for the info all.

Any additional comments on the grounding/lightning protection
question? I don't want to turn the thing into a lightning rod, but
don't know what the accepted installation practice is. Any takers?
-Will

Contact your local building department.
They will let you know what the local codes are.

Chip

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On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:19:12 -0800, larkmore wrote:

Thanks for the info all.

Any additional comments on the grounding/lightning protection question?
I don't want to turn the thing into a lightning rod, but don't know what
the accepted installation practice is. Any takers? -Will

If you look at your TV/VCR/Other manual, you'll find they all say the
antenna must be grounded. There are probably codes that say the same in
your city/state. What you do is up to you. I haven't grounded mine since
1969 after my grounded antenna was hit twice. Maybe it's just coincidence
that my ungrounded antenna hasn't been hit in the last 38 years.:-)
This is not a recommendation of either way. You decide.

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