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Originally Posted by Don_M
Whatever you decide, I would strongly recommend against using a tree as a permanent antenna mount. (It's OK temporarily, for experimental purposes.) Trees have nasty habits that cut into reception and/or greatly shorten antenna life: They sway in the wind, which is murder on UHF signals in particular; they regularly drop sap, which corrodes the metal and can cause a reception-robbing short circuit; and the delicate aluminum will get mangled if a major branch falls on the antenna or the whole tree falls down.
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I don't want to thread hijack at all here, but AndyTieDye mounted his 91XG a while back (I think it was his only alternative) to some tall trees, and didn't have good results (Thread with pictures are here
http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-recep....html#post8884), at least that I know of.
