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Thank you guys for the input. I will check out all the connections. Yes there is 100 feet (two sections of 50 foot coax). The section attached at the antenna is about a week old but is Radio Shack "antenna coax" so they call it at their store. The other is quad shielded (GE brand that I could find here locally but at a different store) and is about two days old that runs under the house and up to the TV. I used one of those little threaded barrel connectors to allow both lengths to screw together in the middle.
The only place I question is at the base of the antenna where that pig tail adapter is screwed onto the threaded poles. The thing is a cheaper Radio Shack brand and I would call it an indoor version of these - vuh/uhf/fm transformer that I really have a bad feeling about. Not sure why but I do. I'm thinking about getting a nicer one from Channelmaster or somewhere else.
The other thing I did is bought a 20 foot length of galvanized 1 1/2" pole. If I cement that into the ground and bolt-clamp it to my eve face, it'll set me about 12-15 feet above the peak of my roof after it's raised. Right now I'm just a couple feet above the roof-peak. It'll be a bit daunting doing it on my own but if the Egyptians can build pyramids I should be able to raise a 20 foot mast by myself. I have some ideas how.
Thanks again for the suggestions - I'll check them out!!
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