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I must say I am extremely happy with this product. I decided to dump cable TV and I took a shot with this antenna. I live in Central Florida so I was not too excited about setting up an antenna outside. We often have severe weather and a lot of lightning storms, so I opted to set it up in my attic. I get over 40 channels including all the networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and a bunch of PBS Stations). I mounted the antenna upside down from the peak of my attic, per the manufacturer instructions. I had to do a little tweaking in the attic to get reception just right. The one adjustment that seemed to make the biggest difference was to cut the mounting mast I created, from about 2ft to about 1-1/2 ft. After making that minor change I get all the stations I want with no digital breakup. The 50' cable included with this model was really useful and the quality of the cable seems good.

Most stations I get are between 25 and 30 miles from my home and are broadcast in UHF and VHF. I also get some stations from Tamp which are 30+ miles from my location.

unit arrived within the time promised and performed well. My location is approximately 40+ miles from the nearest TV Stations.

I was thinking about getting the SS-3000 or the HD-1080(attic mount) so I fired off an e-mail to Winegard support. The tech guy actually suggested the MS-2000 to me. I didn't know too much about it because most people seem to be buying the other antennas. I ordered the MS-2002 as I didn't need the coaxial cable. Now the beauty of the MS-2000 is that it is not directional at all. I took off the rabbit ears I had been using and plugged it in, right on my coffee table. Wow, clear steady signals on 28 channels with none of that annoying fade in and out anymore. I got another 2 stations that had weak signals but those were 30+ miles out ant I didn't watch them anyway. Quite a change over the 20 I was getting with the rabbits which also had to be turned depending on what I was wanting to watch. Since there were no other stations in my area to pick up, I decided that a mount outside the house wasn't necessary. I put it on top of a bookshelf next to the TV and drilled a hole through the top of the bookshelf to run the cable thru. Presto, no mount needed and the antenna is almost invisible in the living room(wife like it that way). Only thing is you need a large bookshelf to do what I did cause the MS-2000 is about 2 feet in diameter.

I bought this to back up my current satellite system which is out in bad weather conditions and this antenna is hooked up to my HDTV I get both excellent reception and picture with this antenna, it was easy to install and I am 60 years old. I receive 15 analog and 13 Digital channels.

The item arrived quickly which was a nice surprise with our being so far away in Alaska. With that said, I have some concern about all the plastic conections and housing holding up when it turns cold and that plastic gets brittle. Ditto for the flat surface. Add a snow load on top of that large surface, stick it 20 feet in the air on the mast, add 15 pounds of snow and it won't take much wind to lever that baby down. As wind and snow are not isolated to Alaska this could be a factor for any "northener".
Did I mention the reception? It brought in one more TV station than my old "stick" antenna and I get a lot of pixillation. You decide.