HD antenna with 0-30 mile range.

5 Responses to “Winegard MS-2002 HDTV Antenna without Cable”

1. Banny Li says:

   April 16, 2010 at 12:00 am

   i tried it inside the house, close to the window. very simple installation … works great, got all the local channels (HD too) free now. very clear and stable signal. and it looks much better than the traditional fork-spike antenna. as long as you can live without ESPN, FOOD network, CNN, CNBC those type of premium channels (well most of them are legally on the web now) … i cant be happier to save $70/mth on cable now

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2. Steve Darnell says:

   April 12, 2010 at 12:00 am

   I used this in middle of my downtown area at a condo. I bought a $30 amplified RCA antenna at Wal-Mart, but couldn’t pick up ABC and a couple of local stations. All the major networks and 6-8 independents are within just a few miles. Long story short, I went for the sales pitch on this antenna that it was ideal for metro/urban area. It turned out to be inferior to the cheap one I bought at Wal-Mart. To make matters worse, I threw away the box and couldn’t return it. Save your money. This thing is all hipe.

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3. Jerry says:

   February 17, 2010 at 12:00 am

   I had some trouble getting the big plastic bolt threaded in but when I finally got it together it went up fine. It’s on a 6′ piece of conduit (EMT) that also has my FTA satellite dish mounted to it (at the bottom) and the whole assembly is mounted to the roof peak.

   We’re 20-50 miles from the local stations which are in 3 different directions. So far they all come in fine, the furthest ones have a signal quality of about 70% and I see fewer dropouts than I did on DirecTV.

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4. Daniel Gillespie says:

   February 1, 2010 at 12:00 am

   The antenna comes as a nice sealed unit with all the mounting hardware except the pole. But, I was not pleased with the range performance of this antenna. Its specs said it should reach some 10 to 15 miles farther that the location of the stations I was attempting to receive. The results were only marginal at best. The Omni directional is nice but make sure you down grade the actual receiving distances.

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5. D. Krueger says:

   December 31, 2009 at 12:00 am

   After looking at lots of designs, pro-cons, etc. I decided to take a chance on this one. Reasons: I live about halfway between Dayton and Cincinnati and was interested in getting channels from both (especially helpful since different PBS stations set their own programming schedule and since occasionally I can get different NFL or ABC College football coverage depending on which game is slotted for the two different TV markets). So omnidirectional appealed to me. Went ahead and got the amplified version, figuring it couldn’t hurt. With the support for affixing to DirectTV dish on my roof (see my review Winegard DS-1111 Antenna Mount), installation was fairly easy and I was up and running in a few hours (I had to drill some extra holes for the support, and also had to add an electrical outlet in the basement near where the cable enters the house so I could plug in the unit to take advantage of the amplifier capability).

   Now I get 2x each of most of the major networks, 5 or so independent stations, a group of religious/shopping channels, and three sets of PBS stations (Dayton, Cincinnati, and Lexington KY). All in all, 35 channels. Not cable mind you, but enough to make me not miss the $80 satellite bill I used to pay every month. And best yet, I don’t waste nearly as much time watching TV nor have to swallow the annual increases in cable rates.

   I do occassionally, albeit infrequently, have some pixellation noted on my HDTV, especially when weather picks up, but since most channels I have duplicates I simply can switch over to the other and still get perfect digital TV signal.

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