Hello......I have been here a few times and have had very good advice from the forum members. I have had to take down my outside random wire antenna, the wire broke after a few years, and I am too old at nearly 80 to start scrambling all over the roof again. I will have to have a loft antenna. I live in a semi detached bungalow and need to erect an antenna for HF receive only. My loft is 8 feet high at the apex, and 22 feet long. Is there enough room for a dipole for listening to HF and some ham bands?. Does a dipole have to be straight or can I make it as long as possible in different shapes. I have plenty of wire and plenty of 50 Ohm coax and an antenna tuner. I also have a good wife who does not care about the holes in the ceiling with wires hanging from them. Any advice will be gratefully received as to what configuration I could use to get as much out of the loft space as I can. Do I need a balun/unun for receive only, or just erect the random wire all around the place?. Thanks...Mike
Plenty of 50 Ohm Coax
An antenna tuner
Plenty of antenna wire
A good receiver