Another post on here inspired me to ask about this. I recently got my license (General) and am thinking of how to get an antenna setup for HF. The issue is that I live in an apartment on the ground floor. I do have a patio that’s about 10’x5’ with the “ceiling” (the bottom of the unit above me) at about 7-8 ft.

What I’m tentatively thinking is that I have just about enough room to fit a 10m dipole around the inner edge of the patio roof, although it’d have to bend around the corners. Would that have any shot at working? It would be fairly low. I’m also a little concerned about MPE, since it would be right under my neighbors balcony.

I could also set something up inside but that doesn’t seem ideal either.

Any other options I should consider? It would be nice to get on lower bands too but I suspect that won’t happen, at least at my apartment.