FinalQuest,

If this is for a "Receive Only" Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna
Then Think 9:1 Matching Transformer - Which is sometimes called
a Magnetic Longwire Balun (MLB).

Read - For the Longwire {Random Wire} Antenna to
Coax Cable "Connection" - Think 'Matching Transformer' !
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...b972a1125c2d8a
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/5343

Read - UnUn - MLB - UMB - LWA
[ The Magic and Power of "Words" ] { Techno Babel }
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...142938701ed7b3
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/4913

Read - "Ununs" = 'UN' to 'UN'
{ Unbalanced-to-Unbalanced Matching Transformer }
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...443a5683b72305
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/4900

Read - Magnetic Longwire Baluns (MLBs)
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...6447a7ae8b3d82
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/5439
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...157d690257b8ad
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...71a9cda8d98434


Read - The Magnetic Longwire Balun Question
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...9cf228fe152992

Read - RIGGING - The LMZ-75, SWLZ
and RF Systems MLB (Magnetic LongWire Balun)
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...6df0ac85d0fbea

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/6307
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...77c0e9783e7421

LOW NOISE SHORTWAVE LISTENING ANTENNA :
The Random Wire {Longwire} Antenna
+ plus the 9:1 Matching Transformer
+ plus the Remotely Located Ground Rod
+ plus the Coax Cable feed-in-line
Equals = The design concepts {elements} of the
"Low Noise" Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna

Read - ABOUT - The "Low Noise" Antenna design concepts
that were popularized by John Doty :
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...38b087b5e89fee

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/5178
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...a571f3bebdca61
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...3fe02cad4e5650
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...4620d18b66eeba
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...ffeaab835e3bb6
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...4e78044fafe71e

Read - Three "Must" Links to Read -wrt- Low Noise SWL Antenna
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...2bfb8387eb0794
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/949

Read - "Low Noise Shortwave Listener (SWL) Antenna
for most Radio/Receivers" [NO Antenna Tuner Required]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/1525
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/1024

This is the so called "Low Noise" SWL Antenna.
Three "Must" Links to Read -wrt- Low Noise SWL Antenna
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...8a885a26f3e925

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/949
[ Please READ These Three Links ]
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/badx/ante...e_antenna.html
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/badx/ante..._longwire.html
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/badx/antennas/grounding.html
ABOUT THE "LOW NOISE" ANTENNA 'DESIGN CONCEPTS':
A Random Wire Antenna Element coupled via a 9:1 Matching
Transformer at the Near-End of the Antenna with a Ground
Rod and Coax Cable Feed-in-Line to the Receiver. This is
the basic SWL Antenna that uses the "Low Noise Antenna"
'design concepts' that were popularized by John Doty.

Read - ABOUT - The Low Noise Inverted "L" Antenna
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...50b04226dbed21
http://tinyurl.com/4ejjl
http://tinyurl.com/43lhx
http://tinyurl.com/4phm9
http://tinyurl.com/68phl
http://tinyurl.com/4nngb
http://tinyurl.com/559us
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...dfea39dc7bbf6e


Read - Question : Is 'it' a Longwire {Random Wire} Antenna
-or- Inverted "L" Antenna ?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...364956151adbba
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/6300


well that is my double-nickel - iane ~ RHF
..
All are WELCOME and "Invited to Join" the
Shortwave Listener (SWL) Antenna eGroup on YAHOO !
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
SWL ANTENNAS GROUP = http://tinyurl.com/an6tw