Russ,

I guess if an indoor antenna is your only option, either of these will work, 
but you're probably best off with a simple longwire strung up outside if you 
can do it.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:10
Subject: Re: Really Big Transmitters


>I see there is another one of these called: The Wellbrook.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Really Big Transmitters
>
>
>> Russ,
>>
>> Like any broadband antenna, this one has to be a compromise.  Beyond 
>> that,
>> though, it's hard to say what it will do.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:15
>> Subject: Re: Really Big Transmitters
>>
>>
>>> The reason I ask, do you know anything about the following antenna?
>>> The AOR LA390
>>> is a wide range receiving antenna that covers from 10 kHz to 500 MHz.
>>> There
>>> are
>>> four selectable
>>> band ranges
>>> from 150 kHz to 30 MHz that allow manual tuning and then fixed operation
>>> for covered
>>> frequencies from 10-149 kHz and 30-500 MHz. The built in amplifier
>>> provides
>>> up to
>>> 20 dB of gain. This indoor antenna is ideal when space is at a premium.
>>> This
>>> active
>>> loop antenna has a 1 foot diameter. The single supplied loop element is
>>> all
>>> that
>>> is required for the entire reception range.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:44 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Really Big Transmitters
>>>
>>>
>>>> Russ Kiehne writes:
>>>>> I was wondering, what are you using for an antenna on longwave?
>>>>
>>>> A very, very poor antenna for now. It is the three guy
>>>> wires on my tower electrically tied together. When we get some
>>>> milder weather, I plan to change that to an inverted V type
>>>> configuration. I have heavy insulators designed to be load
>>>> bearing on each end of each guy wire and each wire is about 55
>>>> feet long so it still will not be very efficient on long wave.
>>>> Some of the really good long wave antennas are large coils or
>>>> loops of wire on a big frame which I should probably try some
>>>> time to see if I hear anything more than I do now.
>>>>
>>>> Short of hitting the jack pot and buying a huge ranch
>>>> out in the country, all my low-frequency antennas will be
>>>> extreme compromises.
>>>>
>>>> By the way, I hear that long-wave antennas work well
>>>> when run just above the ground. Low-frequency RF does not
>>>> propagate via the same mechanisms that HF does.
>>>
>