I like to carry out my hobby from the living room so that contact with my family members is still possible. Therefore I have a separate corner with enough space for equipment, soldering and measuring.
Having collected a huge quantity of transmitters over time, I recently decided to decrease the number of transmitters. I was able to buy a reasonable priced Icom 7100. This all-in-one transmitter contains HF (1.8 - 30 Mhz) & 6 meter (50 Mhz) & 4 meter (70 Mhz) & 2 meter (145 Mhz) & 70 centimeter (435 Mhz). On the receiver side it has an extreme wide range and of course this radio is complied with state of the art software and several possibilities like D-star.
My antenna situation changes regularly. At the moment I use a MFJ 1835HK Cobweb in the range 10 - 40 meters for the HF bands including the WARC frequencies. This antenna will also resonate at 80 and 160 meters and at 60 meters by using an antennatuner. The MFJ is situated at about only 6 meters above groundlevel. Nevertheless all continents have been worked and confirmed. For 6 meters and VHF/UHF I use separate vertical polarized antennas at approximately the same height.
My personal interest concerns all digi-modes, like RTTY - SSTV - FAX - PSK - JT65 et cetera, but my preference is FT4 & FT8.: