Hi,

In my continual search for a halfway decent DX antenna situation for
20, 30, or 40 meters, I noticed that I have a carport approximately
120 feet long and 7 feet high and 15 feet wide. My car is at the very
end of the carport, right across from my apartment, and my apartment
is located on the lower floor.

The carport has florescent lights underneath every few cars, but is
stuck in the asphalt and is therefore not connected to any ground! I
am wondering if there is anything I can do with this?

1) Load up as is and work against a cold water pipe right underneath
my apartment. Long wire?

2) Lay one insulated wire on top of the carport, terminate the wire
at the far end with a resistor connected to the entire carport as
artificial ground, and load up the local end. Classic single wire
Beverage? Maybe two wires steerable Beverage?

3) Because florescent lights cause RFI across the entire band, lay a
loop of very thin coax on top of the carport, interrupt the shield at
the near end in order to connect with my tuner, and connect the shield
to the carport and the water pipe for ground. Very long magnetic
loop antenna with vertical lobes?

How good would any of these ideas be, or do you have any other ways to
exploit a carport?

Thanks,

The Eternal Squire