I'd love to have one of those but for now I'm still keeping things compact and portable. After moving to NM this July I had the FT450 on the air the next day (though I didn't have a 2M rig going ‘til just a couple weeks ago). Still using the portable 18’ vertical at our temporary quarters here, it works OK on 40M and up. We'll probably move to a bigger place sometime this winter - then I can put up some better antennas.
Do you ever listen to W5YJB & the gang on 3840 in the mornings? They get started a bit after 7:30 AM central time every morning. Quite a hoot (leftists would not like what they would hear).
I probably have heard those guys.
I love listening to the nets to get the chatter when some major world or national event happens.
You get some unvarnished views