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I assembled the elements, boom and gamma match for the M104C the other night and my wife even helped me do it. The extra set of hands sure did make measuring the element lengths a lot easier to do. Today I mounted the boom on the mast and gave it a test lift to make sure it was going to clear the Dish TV dish at the back corner of the house and it does. I sure do like being able to raise/lower this stuff by myself just using a cordless drill.

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I also soldered the connector for the Yaesu rotor and will be testing the control box after dinner tonight. I have a temporary 10 foot mast setup in the backyard to use when mounting the elements to the boom, putting the V58 above it and tuning it. I can't get back at this until Thursday and it is supposed to rain tomorrow so I will leave that until Thursday.

The rest of the coax I need arrived yesterday so that's been added to the pile.

I was able to learn how and where to mount the guy wire anchors on the roof without causing a bunch of leaks. A friend showed me a gizmo called a Chiptoolz Rafter Center-line Locator. I watched a few videos on it and it looks like a good option for me so I picked one up. I also need to pick up a tube of some Sashco Through The Roof sealant to help seal the pilot hole and the screw eye holes. With any luck at all, I can do the guy wire mount installations this weekend, assuming it's not too hot on the asphalt shingle roof.

<blockquote data-quote="TimmyTheTorch" data-source="post: 819964" data-attributes="member: 64271">I assembled the elements, boom and gamma match for the M104C the other night and my wife even helped me do it. The extra set of hands sure did make measuring the element lengths a lot easier to do. Today I mounted the boom on the mast and gave it a test lift to make sure it was going to clear the Dish TV dish at the back corner of the house and it does. I sure do like being able to raise/lower this stuff by myself just using a cordless drill.[ATTACH=full]64541[/ATTACH]I also soldered the connector for the Yaesu rotor and will be testing the control box after dinner tonight. I have a temporary 10 foot mast setup in the backyard to use when mounting the elements to the boom, putting the V58 above it and tuning it. I can&#039;t get back at this until Thursday and it is supposed to rain tomorrow so I will leave that until Thursday.The rest of the coax I need arrived yesterday so that&#039;s been added to the pile.I was able to learn how and where to mount the guy wire anchors on the roof without causing a bunch of leaks. A friend showed me a gizmo called a Chiptoolz Rafter Center-line Locator. I watched a few videos on it and it looks like a good option for me so I picked one up. I also need to pick up a tube of some Sashco Through The Roof sealant to help seal the pilot hole and the screw eye holes. With any luck at all, I can do the guy wire mount installations this weekend, assuming it&#039;s not too hot on the asphalt shingle roof.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TimmyTheTorch, post: 819964, member: 64271"] I assembled the elements, boom and gamma match for the M104C the other night and my wife even helped me do it. The extra set of hands sure did make measuring the element lengths a lot easier to do. Today I mounted the boom on the mast and gave it a test lift to make sure it was going to clear the Dish TV dish at the back corner of the house and it does. I sure do like being able to raise/lower this stuff by myself just using a cordless drill. [ATTACH type="full" alt="GettingThere.jpg"]64541[/ATTACH] I also soldered the connector for the Yaesu rotor and will be testing the control box after dinner tonight. I have a temporary 10 foot mast setup in the backyard to use when mounting the elements to the boom, putting the V58 above it and tuning it. I can't get back at this until Thursday and it is supposed to rain tomorrow so I will leave that until Thursday. The rest of the coax I need arrived yesterday so that's been added to the pile. I was able to learn how and where to mount the guy wire anchors on the roof without causing a bunch of leaks. A friend showed me a gizmo called a Chiptoolz Rafter Center-line Locator. I watched a few videos on it and it looks like a good option for me so I picked one up. I also need to pick up a tube of some Sashco Through The Roof sealant to help seal the pilot hole and the screw eye holes. With any luck at all, I can do the guy wire mount installations this weekend, assuming it's not too hot on the asphalt shingle roof. [/QUOTE]

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