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Northwest Georgia here!

@Wire Weasel is the silver rod still performing for you?

I wouldn't be too sure on that, it's possible that he switched ISP's. The email he posted on the OP was a @cox.net email address.

Thanks. I was looking at buying one but I don't remember the size of the existing mast at the top of the tree. I think the mast would be too large for the AR-10.

Am I correct that the AR-10 mounts with the mast running up the bottom of the antenna? No uclamps.

The tree is within the 150 ft of the zone of protection The gear is using the house ground rod, and the coax feed will be grounded at the entry point to the house and connected to the house ground. The antenna is grounded with it's own ground rod at the base of the tree.

Assuming the 1890 can be tuned for 11m?

I'm going to ground the antenna mount. And probably the coax before it enters the shack.

Thanks @secret squirrel for your tree install story. Redneck or not, you gotta figure away to get it up there. Placing a antenna on a mast in the backyard is a no go, the tree it is, for me.

Bought a 100ft spool of Jefa Tech low loss 400, some connectors, dielectric grease. Now gotta get a new spool of #10 grounding wire. Almost there.

Never heard of the tram 1498.

That what I'm going with this time around. 24 years ago I didn't invest much in coax. Not this time around. This time I'm putting money in the wire.

What kind of coax are you running to that imax?

That might be what my pinetree will look like after the new install. lol

It might be the easiest to mount, just need to trim up one side of the tree.

Interesting creation Redbeard. It should be a talker.

Wonder how well that would work horizontal? Not an antenna guru.

Is this what you're talkin about?

I don't climb trees. lol. I'll leave that to someone else that I'll pay. Just want it to be as simple for that person climbing as possible. That's why something like a imax 2000 or possibly the A99 with no ground plain radials would be easiest to hoist up the tree. I guess a fiberglass antenna...