Sorry, guys, I'm still alive. Nice to know I was missed! Been swamped under a few things.
First off, the poor Patriot 1.2m has been sitting on the ground in the backyard for weeks
I was about to get a Vbox, actuator, and polar mount; have a location picked out right next to my shed to cement a 3.5" thick pipe. Then we had to do yearly safety & emissions on the old '89 Dodge caravan. It flunked emissions, and took about $600 of muffler/engine work to pass. So all the "fun money" has been sucked out of our budget. I'm finally now catching us up, so I expect to have at least the pole installed in a week or two.
I've also been swamped under work on my website (very FTA-unrelated) which has turned out to be a success, and alot of fun for me too. I'm quite proud of it!
Anyone in the Utah area here speak spanish? I found a BUD, complete with polar mount, actuator, and pole which is obviously unwanted... It would be perfect (after removing the BUD itself) for my Patriot, but the fellow who owns it doesn't appear to speak english