Good advice for most. I'm actually thinking of adding HF capability, complete with an extensible antenna and mast to my Jeep for emergency response purposes - but that's not the average Jeeper.
I'm not wanting to get into Ham radio's for anything other than trail communications. If things go the way I hope I'll be a full time RV'er in 3 years and I sure won't have the room for a base station.
So I guess I need to determine if I even need a Ham radio. Unless it's got the MAR's mod. I need to do some more reading and research.