W8--- ham.
Depends on what Amateur Band you wish to operate. My suggestions: 80 Meters (3.5-4.0 Mhz) !/2 wave center fed dipole
40 Meters (7.0-7.3 Mhz) Horizontal Yagi first or 1/2 wave center fed dipole second.
20 Meters (14-14.350 Mhz) Horizontal rotatable 3 or 4 element Yagi
For the VHF and UHF Amateur Radio Bands for repeaters use vertical gain antennas. If you operate in the phone portions of these bands use a Horizontal Yagi.
Merry Christmas and good Luck. All other bands above 20 Meters (i.e 17, 15,12,10 and 6 Meters) Horizontal Yagi.
Vertical antennas work well to but they tend to be a bit noiser than Horizontal Yagis.