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The solar number is about the same. There's just really not much activity on the sun right now. And the solar flux is sitting at around 113, pretty low. There's anticipation and maybe a little bit of geomagnetic noise due to some solar stream activity. But right now it hasn't showed up. The 10 meters I mentioned yesterday, which is in decline because of the sunspot spot cycle. But another more significant issue with 10 meters is the time of the year. In the spring and fall equinoxes, the angle of the sun is just right for the F2 layer to really ionize and provide pretty good 10 meters. In the summer with the sun directly overhead, it actually screws up the F2 layer and can cause 10 meters to kind of disappear. So that's unfortunate for technician licensees. It's a good incentive to go ahead and upgrade to general. And then you can work the other bands.