Your single favorite antenna

[K3MRI]

I often wonder what antenna people would get given ideal circumstances. So imagine this scenario... Imagine you have:

• the best transceiver there is
• you have 1500 watts
• you have a wide open field with a perfect view of the horizon
• you have stable ground that will hold anything and
• you have unlimited access to the best feed lines and transformers and / or tuners.

Given all this perfection... which antenna would you choose if you could choose only one? To make it a little more realistic, let's split it into two segments:

• one antenna for 20 & 40M bands
• another antenna for 80 & 160 M bands

For each of these, what antenna would you get? Don't forget to answer the poll as well.

[KP4CI]

For 6M~20M, Log Periodic Antenna.  160M~40M Rhombic,  But I would like to replicate what my friend Pedro NP4A built, 3 element yagi for 80M. (To see the beast, look for "NP4A Antenna Farm by Efrain Bonilla" on youtube. Unfortunately was destroyed by a hurricane). Maybe, if I had tall trees over 60Ft tall, Vertical for 160M, many ground radials, and part of the vertical would have to be bent into L shape. If I had a good shop, build all myself.

[WA2WMR]

For 80 and 160 multiple rhombics