.I am using a Yaesu 897 and an inverted V at about 50 feet in a pine tree. I also use a Yaesu 101 ZD. My favorite HF radio is my Kenwood 450s .I use a free radio program for logging and radio control. It is a great program developed by Simon Brown HB9DRV it is called Ham Radio Deluxe. I live in New York about 60 miles north of New York city on the Hudson River. I have just put up a 3 element 3 band (10- 15- 20) Hy-Gain it is up 52 feet and a 2 meter quad at 44 feet .I like to build homebrew antennas and talk with other hams about all this great radio stuff. I have also with the help of my radio friends used a simple computer head set on my radio's. These little 3 dollar head sets sound as good as the expensive mic's .I built a simple interface box to get them to work on the radio's. When we talk you can tell me how the audio sounds.

73 and God bless from New York.

Pat N2WC