Can you restore your damaged setup?
I could and would restore the antenna if it was summertime. There is no heat in the building. The approx 1200 sq ft "junk box" area is unheatable and the small former office room shack can be heated but the thermal mass of all the metal takes almost a full grill tank of propane to get comfortable in a couple hours. Just not worth it. Besides I can no longer afford the rent there but by selling off what can be sold will be able to at least cover the rent for now until it is cleared out and what is important moved home to the basement for now. At home I could most easily do a horizontal L with a folded dipole but the N/S leg would closely parallel the phone and power lines with the E/W leg lacking a place to tie the end up. I am considering the possibility of a vertical loop but have to be somwhat on the stealthy side as the Landlady would object to anything really visable. Heck, she won't even allow clothslines. Hope to come up with something.
