This has been on my list for over 30yrs. One day I’ll make the time and get the general license. Not much interested in the SW stuff but find it neat that you could talk to someone really far away.
I have my general but really have never needed it.
I operate on 2m/70cm most of the time.
I just moved up because I had some HF equipment I wasn't using.
Passed the exam for the general class and moved up from a tech, then sold the equipment to buy gun tools.
The only radio I currenlty have hooked up is a dual band Yaesu in my office,
I have a crap ton of vairous HTs as well but rarely turn them on unless bad weather is coming,
They do offer piece of mind knowing you can communicate if power and cell service gets knocked out though
