Welcome to our wee club for the skinny birds, Gary! Did you get your Collegiate out of Kentucky? There's lots of good information here in the Forum and Blog sections and also Photos and Videos sections. You have a great trainer for completing your Private in. I use a handheld Nav-Com with a bent whip antenna mounted to the center of the boot cowl bottom. Some CFIs and DFEs won't instruct or perform a checkride without a panel full of instruments, but there should be a few among the vintage crowd over by Tulsa that will. Don't be daunted by idiots.