Kenwood hit a home run with the TS-590 - that is what I would get. 73 Dave K1WJ 

I find 28.400 is a good spot to listen

Last Saturday I called CQ on 28.400 USB - & had 2 QSO's into Texas from my QTH of Arizona.

I tend to have more contacts in summer than winter on 10m.

Day time seems best but openings can go well into the night.

Call CQ more - alot of times the band has potential - but no one is calling.

Turn on a CB radio - if knuckleheads can be heard yelling at each other on Ch. 6 , 11, or 19 = 10M is OPEN!!!!!!! Call CQ.......

73 David K1WJ - Arizona

I have been using a 20m MFJ hamstick mounted in a bucket - base is 2ft above the ground with a single 1/4wave counterpoise 2ft off the ground held up by camera tripod.

See pic on QRZ.com under call K1WJ - click on top right pic, shows set up - on left is 10m (silver & white) + 20m mfj hamstick (black) on right - both have 1/4wave counterpoise.

Arizona HOA - no one has said a thing to me - let's keep it that way.

Have made plenty of contacts with this set up. 73 David

At that range, 75m would be best - dipole at 119ft total length worked good for me - apex at 30-35ft - ends at 12ft.

73 K1WJ 

I think 75 meters would be best - run a dipole at home qth - boat set-up would be the hard part, but can be done. Dave

Hook up 40m antenna - select swr on meter - then in cw mode - key radio - swr will be displayed - adjust antenna to get lowest swr. All set. K1WJ David

I run a 20m MFJ Hamtenna (8ft tall) with a single 1/4w (16.5ft+-)counterpoise wire 2 ft above the ground.
Also have the same set up for 10m. Check pic on QRZ (K1WJ) pic on top right - click on it - gets bigger.
Worked all over with 100w. 73 K1WJ David

Ham radio is no different than anything else in life - if you have 100 people in a room - 5% are scum & can not be trusted.......K1WJ

On SSB I always try to seperate by 3khz minimum if I can. 73 K1WJ David 

Im hooking up a 2m/440 J pole - 3 turns of coax on 6 inch form about right?

I also need amount of turns on 17M.

Anywhere on the net that has a chart or something that states turns per band - or length of coax per band - on a coax balun UHF to HF?

I had a reference but cant find it, and only want to do this job once.....

73 - David - K1WJ - ARIZONA

 Sorry to hear your story, just moved to the Phoenix area from MI, - hope I do not have the same issue some day. I hear the gun laws in AZ are lax - may have to get one ........K1WJ David

HRO for me has been great in everyway. Have dealt with others, HRO shines.

NH HRO was fine & mail order from other branches always went well

Dave K1WJ

Go with a 4-BTV with 32 ground radials at 33ft each in your back yard. Easy to add 12m & 17m with low cost mod. Not DX-Engineering solution. Just add 1/4 wave wires from base of btv with metal clamps - to cap hat / insulator rope side - - moved away from main element at base with non conducting pvc about 8-12 inches. Easy. Now its a 6 band BTV......Have made contacts on 12m & 17m no problem - great bandwidth.

73 K1WJ Dave

It is fairly clear to see that at the 1800 price point the Kenwood 590 is the better radio. I feel both should be selling for about 300 less than present price. 73 K1WJ David

I have the 2m/220 ht overall not bad, only issue is in fm radio broadcast mode speaker pops - most of their hts do this to some degree, the s-meter reads full at any signal level - some gimmicky features you really do not need. Communicates just fine, good audio, good battery, nice price 107, howerver not as well refined like lets say a Yaesu....This is for sure.  I must admit Im interested in a 2m/220 radio maybe Wouxun will make one. 73 David K1WJ