If somehow you can sell that 10 m rig and get any kind of old all band SSB
transceiver, you can work your buddy 99% of the time on 75 meters with a
simple dipole. That's what 75 meters is made for. You can sit and talk for
hours, armchair copy. And when he isn't around you can talk to others, you
can't do that with what you are trying to do on 10 m.

Rick K2XT