Cuhulin,

Better yet, take your 24 Foot Extension Ladder
and separate the two pieces.

Lay the two sections of the Ladder on the ground
in a straight-line with the inner-ends about a foot
apart and use a Plastic Tote Box (4) at the end of
each piece to prop them up off the ground.

Connect a piece of Ladder Line for the feed-in-line
to the inner-ends.

You have a Ladder-Ladder Dipole Antenna that is
just above the ground.

Should work pretty good around 9.75 MHz.

iane ~ RHF