“Can you attach this antenna to a wall, and if you move it or remove it from the wall, will it leave a mark on the wall?”
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Hello Best Buy customer Frankliemydear! This Winegard Flatwave FL5500A Indoor HDTV antenna as well as their FL5000 (non-amplified) Indoor HDTV antenna comes with two (2) 3M Brand Command Strips. These 3M Brand Command Strips have double sided "surface-friendly" adhesive. If you look at each of the two (2) Command Strips, you will see tiny lettering. One side indicates that that side of the 3M Command Strip should make contact with the wall (a.k.a. surface--like glass also) that it will be affixed to and the other side of the 3M Command strip is affixed to the surface of the antenna. Whenever you decide to move the antenna, there is a rounded end or tip of the two sided adhesive Command Strip that you "pull" on and the strip stays flexible during its life and it is designed to pull off without taking paint, etc. during the process. I guess no one can guarantee that "all" painted surfaces would react the same way; however, I've engaged in the 3M Command Strip removal process lots of times and I've never had any issues or problems with surface damage. This 3M Command Strip technology is also used to hang heavier picture frames, etc.--when you incorporate the 3M Command Strip "hooks" designed for that purpose. You can find "replacement" 3M Command Strips in the larger home improvement centers. I get the replacement 3M Command Strips for this Winegard antenna that indicate "refills" | 9-pack | 3 lb. limit. These replacement strips are a little larger than the ones that come with the above Winegard antenna and I like them better. Another issue that you may encounter is how to anchor or secure the antenna's RG-59 Coaxial cable. For aesthetic (decorator) reasons, you may want the cable to run in a "straight" vertical line. I have used scotch tape for this; however, there are types of tape that have lower adhesion qualities that you can also find in the home improvement centers. When I mount this antenna to a wall or glass surface, I will hold it up to the light with the white side of the antenna facing me so that I can identify its "internal" wiring located within the body of the mudflap (this word refers to its "military" mudflap technology) and I will place one 3M Command Strip in each of the upper left and right quadrants being mindful not to cover the inner "wiring." I don't know if this help reception, but this is how I do it. Now that the 3M Command Strips are affixed to the antenna with the wall side of the strip's adhesive still "not" exposed, I will begin running tests on the best location for the antenna. Please remember to conduct a "FULL" channel "SCAN" each and every time that you change locations! Once I find the best location, I use low adhesion blue painter's tape to mark the outside left and right sides and bottom edges and then I expose the adhesive on the 3M Command Strip that will bond with the wall or glass surface and I position the antenna and gently press on the antenna's surface to make a good bond. This process takes more time initially; however, once the antenna is affixed to a surface the same 3M Command Strip cannot be reused.
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