As the 30m band is CW-only, I will skip this band for the moment. I'm not (yet) a CW guy.
Leaving 17m an 12m to combine in one antenna.
Considerations
How to make the antenna resonant for both bands. The frequencies relate to each other as 3 to 4.
On the Internet there's lot of discussion about this End Fed.
One thread uses a full wave for 12m a coil and after that a wire of less than a meter to make 17m and 30m resonant. But how dus this work in theory?
So I dicide to start with one band: 17m.
Impedance transformer (UnUn)

Ferrite Toroid FT-140-43. Should be enough for 100W PEP.
The impedance for a dipole antenna is high at both ends. Around 3 kΩ.
For a 50Ω coax feed line a 50x (2,5kΩ) to 70x (3,5kΩ) impedance transformer is needed.
As the frequencies (18MHz and 24MHz) are relative high, I will use the 2x14 windings UnUn.
See UnUn impedance transformer for End-Fed for more details.
Measurements
17m (within band)
17m broader frequency range
to be continued
Editors remark
File names: EndFedWarc99m[SWR|Z|Smith|Data]{optional range in kHz}
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Alt+PrtSc and copy to Gimp export to png
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