Will a CM 4228 fit through a 21" x 28" openning?

Hope this helps...

http://www.channelmaster.com/Pages/u1.htm

If you take off the rear screen (it just snaps off), it should fit your 35" diagonal opening.


Mark

This thing comes assembled?

Yes, they ship assembled (surprised me too when mine arrived). But it is not very hard to take one apart to fit through an attic opening.

I put one in a opening of 25 x 28 and it barely fit diagonally, I think your gonna have to take it apart and reassemble.


Jim

I am confused. The CM 4228 is a square. I understand it comes apart. The square when disassembled is the measurment I am looking for? I assume it is 39.5 inches in one direction. This won't fit through a 21 x 28 hole even diagonally. What is the other measurement for the square?


I need it to be 35 inches or less.


Thanks,


-Jym-

Vfrjim you said you got a 4228 through a 25 x 28 hole. Was this with is assembled? Or did you disassemble it? Because if you barely got one through a 25 x 28 hole disassmbled it does not seem I have a chance getting it through a 21x 28 hole.


Thanks for any help.


-Jym-

Jym, you are correct. I need to go measure my attic opening. Even though I have real dormer windows on my roof for attic access from outside, there is no way a 39.5" can be accommodated through those dormers.

It is possible to not only take the screen off the back, but you can drill the rivets out that hold the two bow-tie arrays together. You won't have any parts over 20" wide that way. Then you could re-assemble the thing with nuts and bolts once in the attic. IMHO though, it's not worth the effort. I think if I were you, I would go with the 4221. According to some tests, the 4221 has as much gain as the 4228 on higher numbered channels anyway, and is not so directional, which might be good if all you stations are not in the same direction.