Let's take a look at the JPC-12 antenna, which you can buy on Aliexpress for a reasonable price and which is quite versatile as a portable antenna. And we're going to complement it with an extra 5.5 meter rod, also from Aliexpress, to see what we can do with this longer rod.
Links where I bought it (there are many more):
JPC-12 antenna:
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005007591226489.html
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005005945891096.html
Rod antenna:
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005006704431817.html
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/4001007343096.html
40 meter coil for 5.5 meter rod:
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005007486998921.html
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Contents of the English:video
00:00 - Presentation
00:23 - Channel Intro
00:41 - Red antenna
16:10 - JPC12 or PAC12
24:27 - Testing cheap antenna
26:25 - 40 meter coil
28:28 - Testing PAC12
29:26 - Pac12 with 5 meter rod
30:54 - Conclusions
The intro music is a fragment of Slighshot, by Steve Adams, in the public domain.
The background music is Indeep (c)2002 by Wagner García and Leonardo Segura, recorded at Wagner Prat de Llobregat studios. Provided for these videos by its author.