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.