You don’t need to build out a giant shack with a tower and 1kW of transmit to get on the air and hit decent ranges! There’s a ton of 5-10W pocket sized radios that’ll give you surprisingly great results with just a wire thrown up a tree branch, some under $40 if you wanna learn the dit-dahs. The equipment is way less important than how you set it up, and anything is better than nothing. Get on the air and have fun!

The only reason I still have Android is work apps in required to have that won’t work properly without the Play Store. I guess I could carry two phones but I am definitely not that guy.