I'm back in MN and had a few hours on Saturday during the 6-meter opening. 
As my tower is still not operatable, I operated remotely using one of the radios at our club station in Kerrville, TX.

Turns out that this roundabout connection worked well as the upper Midwest stations were strong into TX and remote operation was quite stable.
Does anyone know of a tower climber that may be available to hook up a rotor and coax?

73, Jim, K0MHC, EN26
Alexandria, MN