Stefan,

 

this could work. In the capacitive near-field range, the electrical field would be

 

 E = voltage * capacitance * effective height / (2 pi epsilon0) / distance ^3

 

With 10 kV on your antenna capacitance and height, you'd get about 0.15 mV/m at 2.4 km, maybe 14 dB stronger than ZEVS.

 

Take care! Touching 10 kV on 136 kHz will severly burn you. But on 136 Hz it would kill you, unless the current is safely limited to a few mA. 

 

73, Markus

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Hi ELF, 

  

 This afternoon i'm attempting to transmit on my INV-L on 136.172 Hz (not  

 kHz!). Just preparing my H bridge VLF PA and i intend to use an old 10  

 kV transformer which i got from an old furnance (to inflame the oil  

 stream), see  

 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19882028/VLF/10kV%20Trafo.jpg 

  

 Will that work on 2.4 km distance? It's well inside the near field.  

 Which mode could be possible? QRSS-3? CW? 

 The 2200000 m band, or 2.2 Mm band :-) A near field of 350 km !! 

 I hope i can apply 10 kV to the antenna. It will not be resonated. And  

 maybe i will see harmonics as well, because the input is rectangular... 

  

 73, Stefan/DK7FC