Re: LF: VLF in Canada

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For mechanical and HV reasons i would prefer the normal configuration. I 
depend on the place you have. If you have a shed near the antenna feed 
point, i would simple wind 0.4 or 0.5 mm diameter enamel. cu wire on a 
coil which has 0.6m or better 0.8m diameter. That will always work well :-)
73, Stefan

Am 25.06.2014 18:30, schrieb jcraig@mun.ca:
> Hi Markus, Warren, Stefan,
>
> Thanks for the encouragement.  My quest for thousands of metres of wire
> has begun. Stefan's monster coil and Markus' coaxial buckets make me
> envious.  Would it be a good idea to pie wind the wire?  G3NYK did
> some work with pies on LF and got more inductance for a given amount of
> wire than a solenoid.  Perhaps there will be too much shunt capacitance
> with 3 or 4 pies.
>
> In the mean time, it may be best to follow up on the loop idea.  The far
> end of the 100m wire can be grounded to make it a loop. How much 
> series capacitance will be needed and how does one excite it? An xfmr?
> 73
>
> Joe VO1NA