Trying to be a ham

Likely you'll start as a technician. You'll have limited permissions on 10 meters. Most of your initial activity will be on vhf/uhf. That's almost all short distances and line of sight with maybe the occasional tropospheric ducting taking the distances out to a few hundred miles. What, where, and when would be best answered by the local club. 10 meters upper sideband will get long range (around the world) contacts when conditions are good. It's been good this solar cycle but has dropped down a bit in the last few weeks. Listen a lot to familiarize yourself with how it's done in your area. You'll struggle with your call sign at first. Write it down to look at when you get on the air until that becomes second nature. I think you'll find the local club members very helpful.