This is much smaller than most outdoor antennas and is bound to look great on your house. If you prefer to mount it in your attic, check this picture:
I opted to install this temporarily in my bedroom to test the ability of the antenna to perform without permanently installing it. Keep in mind that this antenna needs to be oriented as shown in the photos; this antenna can not be used in a horizontal orientation.
Signal Estimation
I live in a very tough area for over the air TV reception. You can see how your TV reception should be at TVFool.Com, and this guidance is useful in determining what kind of antenna to buy. TVFool.Com takes your address, converts it to lat-lon coordinates, identifies the transmitters near your home and analyses for topographical issues to render an estimate of what you should be able to receive and what antenna that you should use. Click here to get your assessment.
Here is what TVFool said about my address:
This shows three stations that should be reachable with an internal antenna (the three shaded in green), six that would be reachable with an attic mounted antenna (the yellow ones), four as being reachable with a roof-mounted antenna (the red shaded ones) and the rest as being impractical to expect reception. TVFool suggests that the power rating, called Signal NM (db) on their site, should be greater than zero to have any chance at reception and at least 20 for optimal results.
As this analysis suggests, I’ve had issues getting OTA signals in my location to use with Media Center.
Antenna Setup
The Mohu comes with everything that you need to set it up. If you elect to install it on the outside of your house, of course be careful. Begin by installing the mounting bracket to the house, then install the mounting pole. Attach the 30 foot coaxial cable to the antenna and mount the antenna onto the pole, then string the coaxial cable into your home. You might want to make a loop in the cable to ensure that water can drain off, and make sure that the rubber boot on the coaxial cable is tightly installed against the antenna to ensure weather-proof operation.
Thanks for sharing your TV Fool report and such detailed results!
It looks like you got the Fox station (18.1) with 2Edge path, 17.7 dB noise margin, and 51 mile distance. Did you try or have any luck with the lower-powered 24.1 PBS station from the same tower? Or perhaps the 4.1 CBS or 35.1 IND stations from other directions on your report? Also, did you ever try using the antenna outdoors? Curious if that would help snag those stations.
I’ve got a location with similar paths and distances as your 18.1 Fox station, but only 8.8-15.6 dB noise margins, so I am curious how it performed on those fringe stations, and if anything can be tweaked to get them (i.e. antenna location).