I agree this is a great topic. I always have at least 2 portable radios with me everywhere I go. I have my Ham ticket so I have a few radios the average consumer does not. I have my Yaesu VX-7R Ht with me and usually a CB. No matter what anyone says a CB radio is very valuable on the road, alongside my GPS. In my truck I have my Yaesu FT-7800 dual bander, and my RCI Ranger 2950 10 meter, and a radio shack TRC-465 CB. I have more antennas than I need on there but you never know. Anyway you can never be to prepared and getting your Ham license is always a good plan.