Junior, I'm sorry to hear about your antenna. My bet is that either a hungry squirrel developed a taste for the cord that held up the loop, or that said cord deteriorated in the sunlight, then gave up the ghost. Either way, it's a nuisance. My 40 meter inverted V took a tumble yesterday when the oak branch that held up the center parted company with its tree. I have upcoming tower work anyway, so there's one more project for a good sling shot operator that day. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs