i mounted mine on a 25ft pole just literally sitting in the pole to hold it in place.... now catching 44 channels.. most all in HD that I didn't even catch before with Comtrash :). AntennaHelper on android is your life saver... download the application and it will show you where the strongest signals are on Google Maps so you know exactly where to point this thing for best performance. Every website online, tv fool and many others, said i should not get anymore than 25 considering it says it only reaches around 80 miles... well... im catching 44 so it seems it may really reach out and touch a tower. lol works fantastic. Move the antenna in 30-45degree increments and do a channel scan on your tv until you find the sweat spot. 45 degree turn TOWARDS MY MASSIVE OAK TREE THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BLOCK EVERYTHING, it went from 33 to 44 channels...so yeahhhhh but the app made it really really nice and easy to find the sweat spot. I have channels now i didn't even know existed in New Orleans... Couldn't believe it really. Worth EVERY PENNY... pays for iteself in less than 2 months of dropping basic cable with comcast.