Quote Originally Posted by N2NKW View Post
Im paid moderately well. Gets the bills paid. Not much left over anymore like there used to be. Im 45 so not old but not a stud anymore either...lol

I got trees aroind the house but also close neighbors and hv power lines all over so my hanging options are limited. Cant afford a vertical so thats why im thinking dipole IF i can work around these issues
Understandable with you being on the road and whatnot; but if you are really short on cash, you'd be much better off making one yourself. Seriously: It's about an hour of time to do a 3 band fan dipole.

To deal with close neighbors, you'l have to get creative on how you lay out your antenna, but it's generally doable, even in a crowded city lot to get a 40 meter dipole up.