You do have a point there. I miss the old days when I had my wire up 65' in the air, the Alpha 9500 loafing at 2500 watts (yeah, I know that was above the limit) My Kenwood 940SAT and my Heil GM-5 mic running through my soundboard so I sounded really REALLY good and being able to talk anywhere I wanted to without worrying about getting stepped on. The good ol' days! :-)
Them ol' boys on 75m knew how to rub the FCC's nose in it didn't they?
I used to be hell on 20m. I could shut VE7KFM down with one key. Pointed the Mosley on his GPS Coordinates, tuned for 14.313 and shut him right up every time. I so miss being on the air.
HOA?