[EdHolland]

Experimenting is fun, if you have the time and patience.

Another question, how do you plan to bring the signal into the room with the radio(s)? This can be just as important in getting clean signal as the antenna itself. It is easy to add all the noise from your house back on to the feed. That can be avoided if you go to the small trouble of making an isolating transformer. The antenna, and outside ground are connected to the primary winding, the receiver antenna & ground to the secondary. The secondary can also connect to the inner and outer conductors of a coax line that lead to the radio. This part can easily be wound on a small ferrite ring in about 10 minutes. Don't connect the two grounds together - this is the secret to a quiet antenna!

I can go in to more detail if you would like

Cheers

Ed