And of course it was my suspision that it must have been sharp edges in the steel support poles that cut through the original wires, so I made sure that wouldnt happen again by drilling the holes out a bit larger and fitting inslating sleeves to prevent it happening again....

(of course I can only operate when I can run the coax out the laundry door and couple it up to that bare spot I accidently left on the end nearest me (hey the knife slipped when I was cutting it OK??) and that steel pole burried in the ground about 3 ft deep- will it woul be an acceptable earth stake for someone requiring such a thing....)

whistles innocently

antenna.. what antenna???