I envisage a dipole about 30 m long and about six or 8 m above the ground, this 
being what I can conveniently fit behind the shack. I intend to measure the R 
and X series components at a range of frequencies down (I hope) to 100 kHz. The 
feeder will probably be 10 or 20 m of open wire line.

The next stage will be to try a folded dipole with and without an open circuit 
opposite the feed point. In the light of the results I may try various 
impedances in place of the open/structural circuit.

All this will be a follow on from my principle experiment, which is to measure 
the effect of running my LF end fed antenna directly away from the house 
instead of parallel to it. I hope this will give a marked reduction in 
environmental loss.

73
John F5VLF

On 27 Jul 2010, at 17:29CEST, Stefan Schäfer wrote:

> YES! Very fine John! What do you plan? Which QRG and which wire length? My 
> hint is to use a mountain if you have one beside your QTH.
> Whish fun and good luck and await your results/report!
> 
> 73, Stefan
> 
> Am 27.07.2010 16:53, schrieb John Rabson:
>> 
>> Andy,
>> 
>> I hope to be doing some aerial  experiments (yes - above ground not below) 
>> in the next few weeks and will see if I can put something up and do some 
>> measurements.
>> 
>> 73
>> John F5VLF