[SADXA] Antenna footing

[Wes Stewart]

I've been wanting to put up a vertical for 80 and 160 for months (almost a year 
really).  I finally bought a tilt over fixture and some aluminum tubing, to add 
to what I had, from DXEngineering. 
(https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-va-pivot-3) This requires a 7 foot 
long, 3" steel mast cast in concrete.  I've had the hole dug and lined with an 
18" Sonotube 4 feet deep for some time but hadn't found time or ambition to mix 
and place the concrete.  I've spent the last few weeks rescuing mice and lizards 
from the bottom of the hole.  As I procrastinated, the WX got hotter. When I 
started assembling the fixture, I found a gouge in one SS plate. DXEngineering 
said they wanted to replace it.  After a big mix up I finally got the 
replacement part a week later than promised. The WX got hotter.  Two days ago it 
hit 100 degrees.

I finally decided that today was the day, thirteen 60 pound sacks of Quikrete 
were on hand but a last minute calculation said I might need more, so a quick 
trip to Home Depot was in order.  The WX was unusually cool when I started at 8 
AM, When I finished at noon today the temp was...wait for it... 73!

How about that?

Wes  N7WS