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Back (again). BACK in the hospital for just under 2 days...

UTI and some other related issues necessitated Antibiotics starting Friday night, then other fun and games, ending up forcing a Sunday Night visit to ER. Was admitted LGH (again) Sunday night. I.V. antibiotics, ultrasounds, and other assorted fun and adventures ensued. Discharged Tuesday (today) afternoon. Those lots of fun and adventures I am NOT going to put on the internet EVER. Things are finally much closer to normal finally.
 
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Mark...congrats on getting back home and thanks for helping everyone you did while in the hospital...that was above and beyond and I truly appreciate it.
 
He's a magic maaaaaannnn, MAAAAAANNNN
YAAAAAAAAAAH.

Hope things are manageable for you and the temp is taken care of.
I'm just stating facts in the first sentence!
 
I'm kinda used up for today (sunday july 29, 2012) I've been at it since 9am or so...

beat already....... sigh
 
laatsch55 said:
The question is--- did you get the bench ready to go?? Good to see you out and about Mark!
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bench? not yet...

last post last night 1:04 am

first post this morning 8:47 am, 1:00 pm or so running out of steam from just sitting at the computer and typing. a bit of a nap and I am back. And by the end of the day, the seat of my chair feels like a fiendishly designed torture device....

I'm slowly digging TOWARDS the bench... :D

Anybody in the Chicago area comfortable with climbing a ladder? That tree limb that hit my NEW Air Conditioner also wiped out the left side of the TV antenna. I'm going to get an antenna (I found a decent inexpensive one), and will have it ready to just put over the end of the mast, torque the U-Bolt and screw on the coax connector after deep sixing the busted antenna.

It's only a few feet over the roof, easily reachable when sitting near the peak. The replacement is supposed to be smaller as it does not have to receive below channel 7 RF (VHF-low). Anybody game?

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Looks like time to have an attic VHF along with a good UHF Digital antenna?

Anyway, also looks like time to trim a lot of the overhanging branches. Wind, rain, and maybe snow(?) could bring them down again. If someone is on a ladder, may as well bring a chainsaw.
 
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Anybody in the Chicago area comfortable with climbing a ladder? That tree limb that hit my NEW Air Conditioner also wiped out the left side of the TV antenna. I'm going to get an antenna (I found a decent inexpensive one), and will have it ready to just put over the end of the mast, torque the U-Bolt and screw on the coax connector after deep sixing the busted antenna.

It's only a few feet over the roof, easily reachable when sitting near the peak. The replacement is supposed to be smaller as it does not have to receive below channel 7 RF (VHF-low). Anybody game?
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Ugh! I'd be there in a heartbeat if it weren't for the 10 hour drive in each direction... Fingers crossed that someone relatively close sees your request and is able to assist.
 
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Hi Mark,

Good to hear you are back home and taking baby steps back to the bench. Your health is first and foremost.

I'm relatively close, but my schedule isn't open for about a month and a half. Otherwise I'd drive up to help you with your antenna. I'll have a similar project to do before winter at our new house. The antenna is on a mast pounded into the ground, where its been since last fall. Need to install an eve mount and put her up high, but its three stories up due to having a walkout basement. Its gonna be real fun.

Take care and hope to hear reports from the bench in the near future.

Bobby
 
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Hi Mark,

Good to hear you are back home and taking baby steps back to the bench. Your health is first and foremost.

I'm relatively close, but my schedule isn't open for about a month and a half. Otherwise I'd drive up to help you with your antenna. I'll have a similar project to do before winter at our new house. The antenna is on a mast pounded into the ground, where its been since last fall. Need to install an eve mount and put her up high, but its three stories up due to having a walkout basement. Its gonna be real fun.

Take care and hope to hear reports from the bench in the near future.

Bobby
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Relatively close? well, had I landed in the Rock Island facility they wanted to stick me in at first, we would have been a lot closer together!! Go to the quad cities much?

One thing I never have regretted with the installation I did for the antenna, was mounting stand offs with lead anchors to the brick wall, rather than subject my chimney to the constant flexing of a wind driven mast year after year.

Thank you for the thought, but the thought of someone driving across the state to assist with my antenna would wrack me with guilt.... :D

I just wish I spoke spanish fluently, the same neighbor who's tree did the deed, also had to tarp a part of his roof due to wind driven shingle damage, and I'm pretty sure he has connections/friends due in to assist in getting better roofing material up there, to get them up on my roof for some relatively easy and low risk antenna work , morally it IS his tree limb that did my damage....
 
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