New Ham. Setting up my first Base Antenna.

So, I got myself a Ham License a few weeks back, and today I set up my first Base Antenna. This will be for my new FTM-7250 which will serve as both my Truck Radio and Base Station.
The mast is constructed of 2 tennis court sized fence poles, one inside the other and bolted together. This is mounted on another fence pole which was driven about 4 feet into the ground and secured with 100 pounds of Kwik-Crete. Excepting the concrete, this was all salvage stuff from my property.
The Antenna is a Tram 1480 Duel Band (2m/70cm) from Amazon.
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and the cable is LMR-400 from:
https://usacoax.com/custom/custom-lmr-400-cable-build.html
I ordered the cable about 10pm at night and had a shipping confirmation the next day before noon for a custom 20 foot cable with dual PL-259 connectors. All American made and good pricing.

Now I'm waiting on my Power Supply to arrive from MJD so I can start using my rig inside the house as well and in the truck.
Hope this helps someone, and if you have any comments please share.
73,
K4RZM

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