The Alpha 1 and Mp-1 are supposed to work on 80 to 6 meters.  The 
philosophy or approach for each is different.  The interesting 
thing about the Alpha is that the matchbox is supposed to do all 
the work other then your tuner, so you don't have to go out and 
physically change the antenna length when you change bands.  But 
I think you lose some efficiency as a result of that.  So there's 
no getting around the fact that small antennas are just going to 
be compromises no matter how you cut it.  I am really lucky here.  
Also living in an apartment, I asked the landlord if I could put 
up a Shortwave antenna and he said sure, long as it doesn't mess 
up the visual quality of the building.  I have a Windom that uses 
a couple of 5 foot PVC pipes to support the wire about 4 to 5 
feet above the roof.  The feed point is on a pole with a vertical 
for 2 and 70 centimeters that is attached to a clothes line pole 
down between two apartment buildings if that makes any sense.  
Jim