"Don" wrote

Is this band more "fun" than 2 meters?

Yes!

On a 24/7 basis it has better ground-wave range than 2 meters, simply because it
isn't limited to line-of-sight. With a reasonably good antenna (dipole, ground
plane) and 100W a range of around 100 miles is typical.

But the real fun begins when the ionosphere cooperates --- then worldwide
communications is possible. I have 271 countries worked on 10 meters, and my
station is in the "Joe Tribander on a city lot" category.

Come on down!

73, de Hans, K0HB