Just an observation. When I started SOTA what I expected to do was 2m SSB, however what I mostly end up doing is HF and 2M FM. The main reasons are antennas and rigs. In terms of antennas I made a 2m 5 ele Yagi which electrically is well behaved, but mechanically is at best temperamental - even in calm conditions. I found that the extra weight of taking an additional horizontally polarised antenna (which normally self disassembled) limited anything else I took along. I’ve also got fussier about what weight I am happy to carry and as I mostly do HF the KX2 is considerably lighter than the FT-817. Anyway that is my excuse for the silence on 144.300 … But there is a question following from this - What do SSB activators use for an antenna as this might encourage me to try again?