Following my fire last November, my transmitting antenna has been down. I have been waiting for the repair work to be done by my insurers. Tomorrow some of the repairs will be carried out, and I hope it will all be finished within a few weeks so I can re-erect my main mast. Meantime, I have a lash-up receve antenna which works quite well.
The new transmit antenna will be similar to the old one but it will be fed from the end remote from the house. Not only will this reduce the possibilty of another fire, but it should reduce the amount of electrical noise picked up from my house and those of my neighbours. It will be much more difficult to engineer, and will involve a plastic shed for the remote loading and tuning coils.
