Paul Braun wrote:

I'm about to mount a High Sierra screwdriver in my yard to use as my
base antenna (condo living, dontcha know....)

I'm going to polish up the brass stud on the mounting bracket. Should
I put some sort of anti-oxidation stuff on it before I mount the
antenna? I'll be removing the quick-release for the whip as well,
since this will be a permanent install and I want one less point of
failure.

Any suggestions?

Trade your present brass connector for one that is simply
threaded with a 3/8" fine thread hole. That's what I did.
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73, Cecil, W5DXP