/diy/ - Do It Yourself

What a way to start my weekend
>Moved my 40M dipole into an inverted v configuration in an attempt to hear further out stations instead of local nets
Now I can't hear a single thing
>Drilled out a hole in the back of the riser that my transmitter sits on
Had to glue a 5" piece that flew off and I kicked over a trash can full of metal shavings
>Swapped out the electrical connections to powerpoles in my car for my CB and 2M and redid the pl259 connections
Now my 2M doesn't have scan functions and I wonder if the CB receives.
>Got up at 4am and tried to listen to anything
Best I got was Brazil and by the time I tuned up, everything was gone again.