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And thinking of Joan's aluminum stand, which I am pretty sure I have the same exact one underneath my cable here, I am holding my cable away from it because that seems to give me a better signal. So I need a better, more shielded cable here. But I am separated. So hers was directly against the aluminum. Mine is separated by an insulated wood block that I have drilled out. There are some bolts and things sticking out of the bottom of the plate of the J-Pole. So I drilled out spaces for that and then drilled holes through the block of wood. And I have zip-tied through those holes and around the J-Pole. And then on the bottom of the block I drilled another big hole to stick it on top of the stand. So it is somewhat insulated but it is still affected by the stuff around it. But it is doing pretty well. Let me look at it here. I am pecking out Lake Forest in almost Cougar. And we are kind of dancing a little bit on Capitol and Beacon. Doing good on that. I got some good signal here out of the little rad tail 590. And I had a bit of a cue though with some people on another frequency earlier today. That was good. And other than that, just got my hair cut. I didn't have the time to get my hair cut before the picnic so I was looking pretty disheveled. But I look a little nicer now so I wish there was another picnic tomorrow. Anyhow, I probably won't be able to make the August 10th rain or shine. But I will be there in spirit as I fly from Boston to Chicago and back. Anyhow, that's my flight to tomorrow morning and I'll be heading out. So I'll throw it back to you KJ7WQI. Ok, very good stuff. Well I'm curious to see what you look like after that haircut after just seeing you yesterday there. So the good stuff there. Very glad you were able to make it out. And the timing with your work allowed that and stuff. So safe travels back to Boston and if you can't make that next rain or shine, hopefully there will be another future one. I know you still have your family locally in the area here and you have a lot of back and forth there. So safe travels to you and we will catch you down in the lockdown. Have a great week coming up. Alright, I am Brian KJ7KZH. This is Nine O'Clock Nets. We have two more on this round. Next up is going to be Mike. KK6, ULC. How are you doing there tonight? Tonight Mike, please give us a report.