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Precariously mounted ground plane antenna using 32mm conduit, and getting good range to the NW now, and better to the WSW. Still on the shed, where there is power and network.
Put the FightStick close to the antenna and ran 10m USB cable to the pi effectively getting an active antenna. Tests with even short lengths of LMR400 were quite lossy, and worse than they really should be. The cable has been in my shed for some years, so I suspect a bit of corrosion, even though a cable test shows them to be ok.