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Tower or eave mount?
After looking into this more, I am going to install the Winegard HD8200 with Winegard 8275 pre-amp since the specifications state a much longer range than the Winegard 7698P for only six dollars more.
My last question is on mounting. On my previous house I used a chimney mount which is not an option now. The best location for an antenna is on the roof ridge at the north end of the house. I would prefer using an eave mount (Ronard 4560) because I do not like any type of roof penetration. Both the 7698 and the 8200 are 14' long and would be pointed roughly parallel with the eave of the north side of the house. The heaviest winds come from the south so the antenna would take the most wind load along the 14' axis. Just looking at a picture of the eave mount, it would appear that the weakest support direction is perpendicular to the eave (the direction of the highest winds in my case).
Are these mounts beefy enough to compensate for a large antenna?
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