We had the XYL's family in town over the weekend to celebrate her mother's 86th birthday. Her brother George stayed here and on Friday he was wandering around in the back yard while I was doing some weed-whacking and happened on a 6 meter J-pole I'd built months ago but never got around to erecting. He suggested we do so, I told him that I didn't have the necessary hardware and, besides, I'd promised that I'd stay off the roof until I got medical insurance again. Looking around the yard, he came up with a solution so hillbilly that I just had to post a photo:
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I'm going out today to get me a pickup truck to put on blocks on the front lawn.
(The antenna works perfectly, BTW. And, of course, it's not going to stay this way permanently)