On the air after a long absence

The local guys noticed that I've been absent for a couple weeks and I got on the air yesterday and today. What a warm welcome I got!  Bill kb7epr has several sections of rohn25 tower and wants to set me up with a proper tower for my antennas. Due to my proximity to the airbase I'm limited to 43' but I'm only at about 21' feet so 40' would be a monster improvement. Because of my low elevation I'm stuck at about 7,000 miles and an extra 20' would allow me to work the world from here. He's going to put up the tower without my physical involvement. All i'd have to do is make up a longer coax and I have plenty of coax so that wouldn't be a problem.
I don't know about your local area, but the ham radio community in my area is extremely helpful here. I'm blessed!

The local guys noticed that I've been absent for a couple weeks and I got on the air yesterday and today. What a warm welcome I got!  Bill kb7epr has several sections of rohn25 tower and wants to set me up with a proper tower for my antennas. Due to my proximity to the airbase I'm limited to 43' but I'm only at about 21' feet so 40' would be a monster improvement. Because of my low elevation I'm stuck at about 7,000 miles and an extra 20' would allow me to work the world from here. He's going to put up the tower without my physical involvement. All i'd have to do is make up a longer coax and I have plenty of coax so that wouldn't be a problem.
I don't know about your local area, but the ham radio community in my area is extremely helpful here. I'm blessed!

 I forgot to ad, kb7epr has an upgraded antenna rotator that is free of charge that he's going to include in the installation.

I have some people who got me into GMRS. They want me to get my ham license. I’m a little daunted by the price of a real radio (I have some cheap handhelds).

I just got a new lathe- a really nice one. I have guns that haven’t been shot in way too long…

Yeah. My local guys are pretty supportive. I just really don’t have time to add another hobby!