When 6 is good, it's very good. When it's dead, it's dead. 10 is about the same.
I favor the higher frequencies because it's easier on this property.
When I was in New Mexico, I had a 160 meter full length horizontal V. No room for that kind of thing here.
/johnny
I lived in NM for 14 years. Got my first ham ticket while I was living there in 1976. That was when I first sat before a FCC examiner at the Federal Building on Commerce Street in Dallas.
Most of my ham friends worked at the Labs or were Mil. Lots of very capable techs. We did a lot of homebrew. I truly miss that crowd.
My father-in-law (recently deceased) was an EE and worked in the weapons industry for 40 years. I love RF techies.
I did too for many years. I never operated a ham rig until I got my advanced. My first attempt I missed 13 WPM code but got enough characters for 5 WPM credit. Had a tech for about a month. Went back and passed the 13 WPM code and the advanced written.
The ticket you hold in not important, but what you do with the hobby. I feel the same way about my commercial license, even taught classes for that at Dyess AFB a couple of summers. Great bunch of tech, I really enjoyed that.