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I use a six foot, which is I've been on the 99 degree of PBS bird. And then I have some smart dishes too, so I'm going to test you on out there right now. I want to move up hills. But up in the mountains also I get background music free up there, so I get over to places. And that's what happened. But yeah, they, Direct TV and Dish Network, they use a different encryption system. But they both work basically the same, so. And they really beam a strong signal down. They call it spot beaming, and so they send those down wherever they need them. Maybe like Hawaii and Alaska has spot beams. And that comes off their KU satellites. That's up at 10 to 12 gigahertz, by the way. So in fact, that's where I'm working right now. And my problem, my big dish is that the 5G telephone signals now are up to the bottom of the band. And it jams out my, I think on the C-band transmission, which I find really unfortunate. SCC, if you pay them enough money, they'll do anything to authorize a unit to have frequencies that you shouldn't have. So that's what they're doing. So that's what I say about C-bands. So a lot of stuff I do now is up in the KU band, which is up at 10, 10 to 12 gigahertz band. KCC, you know. This is repeater station kilo, kilo seven. Yeah, I think that's just going to be a problem. Going forward, it's probably only going to get worse as the spectrum gets smaller and the demands for it get bigger. And then there was this company that we've been hearing about to take over part of the 70 centimeters worldwide. And they're petitioning, the FCC doesn't even have jurisdiction over worldwide. So yeah, it'll be interesting to see how that one comes out. Seriously. Hey, you know, the 70 meter band is one of the bands that we use the most. So they just need to keep their paws off of our band. That's all I can say about that. We'll see how that turns out though. Because like you say, yeah, I probably shouldn't take the winning part of you on that razzle, huh? Anyway, Bill, you have a great weekend, my friend. Always good hearing from you. And yeah, you know, if you fix my drain on the air one time, I'll never forget that. How cool was that? Saved me a thousand bucks of juice. I owe you a beer and a burger or whatever if you ever come to Portland, just saying. Alright, we'll see if 70 frees the bill. And now let's head back on down toward Houston way and say hi to Jay, W9JAY, who's actually been here. I've actually met him in person. Jay, how you doing?