I have a general license, but so far have only worked 2 meters and 70 cm. I am interested in getting started working on HF and am considering a Yaesu FT-710 for a base station and PARC/field use. I have no experience in HF antennas and would like some suggestions. My home has no HOA restrictions, and the distance from the back of my house to the back of my yard is about 100 feet, and I have several 50 ft plus trees that can be used. For my use, what type of antenna do you suggest? Dipole, end fed, or something else? I would prefer a multiband antenna, as I do not know what bands I may want to work with the Yaesu. Can you make some suggestions? Thank you.
An end fed is effectively multiband. A 49:1 or 64:1 type are usually good enough to use without a tuner.
The best news is EFHWs only need 2 supports.
I heard recently Gigaparts has added an EFHW under the Intellitron brand. I font know if there is stock yet.
73;
Bob KV4PC