How high up is your vertical? The next is three parts. 1: If I were to roll with a dipole could i mount it in the attic space and run the wires along the rafters while mounting the hardware at the peaks on either end and have a respectable solution as compared to an external dipole mounted underneath the fascia board (completely out of view) on my eave? 2: Would a magnetic loop in the attic provide as good as or better performance than the aforementioned attic dipole? How much better would an outdoor under eave mounted dipole work versus the mag loop or the attic dipole? 3. Given your experience in our general area (Visalia) at what height might a vertical provide similar performance to the dipole options? Let me finish with this. I recognize antenna are subjective to particular environmental influences, costs and accessibility factors so please think of the questions as "if you were building your first permanent install antenna on a two story home with the "shack" on the 2nd floor- so grounding an issue, what antenna system would you opt to invest in first? Keeping in mind you suspect your neighbors would complain about a 200 foot tower topped with a jolly roger?" One last quick question: would a larger magnetic loop antenna in the attic cause any magnetic issues with visitors with pace makers?