Reddit mentions of Winegard SW-0012 Gable End Mount for Antenna

I have a peak roof and mounted it on the back of the house. Here's and image of it mounted. This bracket I bought from Amazon for $26 bucks. It's very strong and I have no worries that it would fall off. I bought a Preamplifier to help boost the signal. The mast I bought from a local store, so hopefully you can find one in your area. Hope this helps, if have any questions just let me know.

Thanks for the tip about the tripod and/or the guy wires. I'd like to put as few holes in my shingles as possible. I'm starting to consider a gable end mount instead, like the one below.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DFTGUQ/ref=s9_simh_gw_p23_d0_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0Z130RFVXT4NRKG2NQR8&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1970559082&pf_rd_i=desktop

Get a Tivo Premiere, a good antenna, a good signal amplifier, Some RG6 cable, a ground block, a crimp set with ends, an antenna mount, and antenna rotator. Put it all together and hook it to your home network.

What you will get:

Most of the OTA signals withing 50 miles of your home. (I currently receive 32 channels from OTA signals. a lot of them are duplicate ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CW, FOX stations from different cities but there are a lot more channels in there then I thought I'd get and surprisingly there's good stuff to watch half the time, especially for my kids)


A DVR that gives you a guide of upcoming shows that appear on the OTA channels you receive (there is no programing channels on your part), and lets you setup your season pass recordings for the shows you want off those channels.

If you have a Hulu Plus or Netflix subscription, the TiVo lets you access those from the comfort of your couch as well as youtube and Amazon.

From Amazon, you can rent newly released movies and TV shows and download them directly to your Tivo from anywhere (sometimes I buy shows at work and have them download before I get home) TV shows run anywhere from $1-$3 an episode and you can get most new episodes anywhere from 1-7 days after they air on traditional cable. However, a lot of stuff is available on Hulu or on the networks website for free eventually if you're not in a rush.

It's a steep initial investment and it requires dedication but once it's paid for itself and you only have the $15 monthly fee you'll be saving a ton of money (even if you're buying the occasional TV show you just have to watch) and you'll realize how much TV you can really do without.

Well. Let’s see here. I first purchased this antenna and this mast holder once I made the decision this year to cut the cord. Reading this sub, I quickly realized that I could use this mast amplifier to obtain about 10 more channels and this distribution amplifier to run the signals into 7 rooms of my house.

I configured and tested my setup in the middle of the summer thunderstorm season so I installed this UPS to prevent the brownouts that were occurring all too often during this time. I still had two television sets that were analog/CRT, so I purchased this set top converter which gave me the added bonus of Broadcast DVR when I purchased this flash drive to plug into them.
I then purchased two Roku3 units to supplement my broadcast programming. I also discovered that even when using a dual band router , I was only able to obtain a reliable 18 Mbit wireless stream in my far bedrooms from my Laundry Room equipment location. While this was sufficient for managing two simultaneous streams of HD for now, I was concerned that we would need to have 3 or 4 simultaneous streams or need to upgrade for UltraHD in the next year or so. I then purchased some Cat5e cable and ran 3 separate cables to each of 7 rooms and centralized all the lines into this switch which acted as my Ethernet distribution network.

I had an idle desktop PC with an AMD FX-8350 processor which I upgraded with gigabit LAN, 8GB DDR3 RAM, and five 3TB Disk Drives. I installed Plex Media Server based on recommendations from this sub and I have been torrenting like a madman to fill a little more than half this disk space in the past 4 months. I connected the media server to my Ethernet switch via a Gigabit link and have had no issues with lag even while transcoding on the fly. I plan to purchase some more streaming devices which will probably be Roku3 or Chromecast units depending upon the price and suitability.

My next step is to look at high quality music streaming and how I might integrate some vintage (1980s) audio equipment into this setup.

If you can manage to get a decent signal at the edge, I would highly recommend one of these gable mounts: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DFTGUQ

I had previously tried one of the hinged mounts like they use for satellite dishes, and it would occasionally collapse and I would find my antenna pointing at the side of my house. The gable mount has been rock solid.