Jim,
You have the best of both worlds!!  Enjoy your situation.
I have a Carolina Windem and think highly of it.  And of course a 
million watts and a Rhombic won't do it when conditions stink!
Pat, K9JAUAt 10:27 AM 7/17/2012, you wrote:
>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