Believe me, I understand that project work. Yesterday I shoveled ~15 ton of stone in my driveway via wheel barrow, and garden tractor wagon. I have about another 10 ton to get done today before it rains this afternoon.
I don't know how much radio system hunting you do, but daybreak/sun rise, I've found, is the best time to get some atmospheric enhancements. I can hear for ~100 miles or more from an antenna 25 feet above ground level. Right now I'm hearing a VHF county FD Disp 100 miles northwest of me, and an 800Mhz P25 tower ~70 miles north of me. After about mid-morning that atmospheric enhancement evaporates. I find hunting distant radio systems enjoyable in the mornings, but it's difficult to submit new findings when I can't research what I'm hearing because the DB is disconnected. In times like this, I have to write everything down, then find time to research it later after everything is connected again, instead of submitting data in real-time.