N0OAS here. Mostly into home brew. Build it. Use it a bit. Give it away to a kid. I like building my own antennas, too.

My HF rig has never been tuned up inside the Ham Bands. I used it exclusively for the Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS). My mobile 2m rig is a converted Kenwood commercial/public safety radio running 100w. I have made a packet radio contact with the Space Shuttle MOBILE!