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It doesn't look like you have tons of room, but you sure did a good job of using all the room you had. I like how easy it is to hide wire antennas in plain site. Then again, a tree or two and most things hite from the general public. This is my 6m dipole: https://photos.app.goo.gl/T7sQ8Fgf3DPoxiGV9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/6CrAYg3gb5gnaNG8A Yes, it's hanging vertically, so it acts omnidirectional and isn't deaf at it's ends.

Recommendation was based on cost. His DBJ-UHF is $10 more and is still 4' in length. The dual band could also be reused for other things later. I retired mine from attic operation to field operation for field day or any other quick trip.

The above cable I bought from “Rick” at BTWR. I use it on a Win10 machine. It works fine with the KG-805G units I have purchased. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

You are correct, a GMRS only would be about 19 inches, but the EdFong is a dual band, and is about 5' long when placed in PVC pipe, including the 12 lead area for clamping. Even at 5' it's very manageable inside and reasonable at $34+ shipping. You can always use fishing line to hang it in a window and it should work well.

I figured it out I think I looked closer at the manual and it has a chart on the frequencies LOL It all boiled down the RTM Read the manual Lololol Thanks I’m still not sure 100% but I still slashing away at it until I do figure it out.

Intesting read... would of thought there would have been more picket fencing from multi pathing. But it seams you basically are going to get crystal clear or nada due to phasing. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

Also, Fresnel zone effect: http://radiomobile.pe1mew.nl/?Calculations:Propagation_calculation:Fresnel_zones BTW, At UHF frequencies, once you have LOS, power makes little additional difference. The higher you go in frequency, the more true that becomes.

Suppose to be good for 160-6m. With a wide band tuner. I have an ltg 100 pro ii. We shall see. Since it is really for listening so should work well for that. Really wanted something permanent for NVIS and ground wave on 10/6. The photo was from a walk my wife took behind the house with the kids. She said IRL it looks just like a birdhird feeder and the wires are unnoticeable. Working on a fan dipole for 40/20/15/10/6. Just need to set it up to tune.. That will be stop gap till I get the general ticket. Then the next step will be either the Dx commander or nebula for DX work. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

Power supply. The key thing to avoid is crap. But, you also do not need some lab quality power supply either. I'd look for something on Amazon that had the capacity @BoxCar noted and generally good reviews. If you want a little meter or digital display, that's fine, but you don't need things like that, especially if you have your own meter available to check the output if there are problems. Antenna. Are you actually going to have the antenna inside your apartment, like near a window? If that is the case, I would buy the cheapest 1/4 wave antenna I could find and then mount it on a ground plane. You could then mount it on a baking pan or similar as long as it was at least 13" x 13" or buy something like this. OTOH the internet is full of plans to build your own 1/4 wave dipole for close to nothing. I would not worry about buying an antenna now that you can later move to a house. Once you get the house, you may well find your needs are different. Also, if you do have the antenna indoors, you should probably keep your transmit power as low as possible. Best would be under 5 watts.