Once you get relocated.
Select a good antenna, as the antenna is 95% of your station.
Get rid of that class C splatter box amplifier and if you must use an amplifier get one with some bias to it, Texas start etc etc. Much cleaner signal.
Get a radio that is not tuned for max smoke, have it peaked and tweaked for 100% modulation and not 1% more.
Have it set up or matched to your amplifier, a 100 watts is really all that is needed. It will take 400 watts to make one more S unit on the receive end that the 100 watts.
In other words you have to multiply your output power 4X to gain one more S unit.
This is where a yagi or beam as some call it comes into play as an antenna.
A three element beam has around 6dbd of gain over a dipole, that is pretty good gain as it is one more S unit.
I understand you are young but take the time to learn how to set up your station correctly, where you cause no harm or interference to neighbors or others on the airwaves.
This will get you respected by your fellow hobbyists, and also you will be setting the example for others to follow.
And try some SSB, to heck with talking DX on the North American continent, contacts can be made half way around the world on SSB when the propagation is good.
ROBB gave you some very good advice as have others on this thread. Ask all the questions you want and someone will answer them and get you pointed in the right direction.
Learn how to build your own antennas, learn how to tune your radios, but most of all have FUN with the hobby.
