Terry,
Please consider all ideas for your situation. The Hex beam and other suggestions are all viable ideas. If you have RFI from neighbors even a rotary dipole may be of some help in nulling out an RFI source. Another idea to at least consider is one of the STEPPIR beams. I have their 3 element 20-6 meter Yagi. They also have a 2 element version with even a smaller footprint. Also they have even smaller footprint antennas with trombone elements. If you go this route, you would get good use on 17 and 20 meters now, and when the solar conditions improve in a few years you would be all set for 15, 12, 10, and 6 meters. The STEPPIR antennas are rather expensive and some folks have had problems with them, or just do not want to deal with potential mechanical problems. My Yagi has survived 13 windy Alaska winters. There are user groups for most antenna manufacturers ….so probably best to investigate the pros and cons in their Yahoo, or whatever groups, not in this Elecraft list.
Rick KL7CW Palmer, Alaska K3S, KX1, etc.
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