Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
Fact is, put up whatever you can afford in the time you have available. Any antenna is better than no antenna. Although fan dipoles are easy to build, it does take some time to tweak them in. A store bought one should be pruned as well, but it will probably work right out of the box and get you going. What ever you decide to do, good luck, and maybe we can chat some day. (After I fix my own antennas after the last storm)
What he said. If you have a tuner just get the wire up. I prefer buying wire at the hardware store in 500' spools and picking up some window line and just making a coax balun.
Some soldering and a few casts with the big pole and you're in business.