I guess I kept hoping to find the ambition. There are other factors. RF noise. The "noise floor" has gone up intensely over the years, making the lower frequency bands nearly useless. I may build another mobile setup in the pickup.
Yet another factor is I simply don't have the circle of friends I once did. I no longer can stomach some of the stupid "speak" I hear on the amateur bands. I rarely get on the VHF/ UHF repeaters, one time some guy wanted to know "What was my first personal?"
I told him "not sure it was any of his business, but if he had to know, it was about 8 inches."
