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Finally got around to setting up the base (still need to find a good desk, equipment is on chairs and the floor for now).  I used an 20'9" EZ UP mast, painted it and a Sirio 5/8 gainmaster with brown acrylic enamel, topcoated using a two component fluoropolymer with a silicone additive to make the surface slick, hopefully that will shed ice.  Liquid paint is only around 1 mil thick, you can see where the metal on metal contact scratched it off, need to do some touch-up work where I can reach it.  If I did it again I would have brought the mast to a powdercoater, powder usually is around 3 to 5 mils thick, wouldn't scratch up as bad with the poles rubbing against each other.  150 feet of LMR400DB with Amphenol crimp and solder connectors into a Polyphaser attached to a ground next to the house, then into the radio room.   1.2 SWR.


Neighbors can't see it, crossing my fingers it remains inconspicuous when the leaves drop.


Made contact with a triple 1 in upstate NY running a barefoot Cobra 148F on 37 LSB early yesterday morning, made more contacts on 28 AM with 305 Wyoming and 806 Lubbock with some juice turned on.