There's nothing wrong with a multi tap antenna - less to go wrong, but you just have to remember to change the tap if you change frequencies, but I found mostly I was on the one channel so no issues really. I had no dramas with mine when I was using it (Ye Olde Barrett 550) and was subscribed to VKS 737. It's still on the 101 and the radio lives in the shed now, but I know it works should I need to dust it off for a trip.
When setting up the antenna, earths are super important and way more so than with a UHF. Even though I thought I had good earths, after a frustrating time to start with, I re made all the earths so they were the best they could be and it made a dramatic improvement.
Also make sure the power supply cable is large enough - an HF uses a metric **** tonne of power when transmitting.
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