Ham Radio - A contact sport

You might recall the Butternut HF6V damaged in the ice storm. If not, here is what it looked like:

Someone had asked what the Butternut looked like after the storm had passed. I finally uploaded the pics showing where the antenna had failed mechanically:

Here is a wire that broke:

Finally, here’s a picture of some corrosion around a capacitor. Can’t blame the ice storm for that:

I think that with some work, the Butternut could be brought back to life, but its best days are behind it. Oh well, I’ll get to it after the tower.