Hello from Michigan, the “mitten state” and land of the Great Lakes! I earned my Technician license in 2015 and upgraded to my General in 2022 and Extra in 2023 . My main radio is an Icom IC-705 using a center-fed, fan-dipole antenna for 10M & 20M (Alpha Delta Single Band Full Size Dipole Antenna DX-20 with an added home-made section of 12AWG wire for 10M). My VHF/UHF/DMR radio is a TYT MD-9600 using a vertical antenna (Diamond V200a). All of my atennas are in the attic of my house due to HOA restrictions. I recently added a Xiegu XPA125B amplifier to the IC-705. I have much to learn and certainly appreciate all those helping me along the way! - 73 and God bless you. -Dave KZ8Z (Formerly KE8AER)