First off, let me say I've very green when it comes to the technical end
of antennas. Most of the conversation in this group is way too deep for
me.

I am moving into an apartment that is on the top floor of a two-story
building. My deck is not only facing a large undeveloped area... but
there is a large tree that is only about arm's-length off my deck. This
tree is probably a good 100ft tall.

What I'm after here is HF antenna ideas. I am familiar with the idea of
an end-fed (more or less horizontal) longwire antenna used in
conjunction with something like an AH4 tuner. One of the problems
here... if I shoot a wire up in this tree... it will be vertical.
Another problem... because I'm on the second floor, there is no ground
connection readily available.

I could have a vertical multi-band HF antenna on a short mast on my
deck. But I'm thinking it might be advantageous to make use of this big
tree right next to my deck.

I would appreciate any ideas. Thanks in advance.

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