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and I say that to say this, I personally went with Jason from the radio and I'm sticking to him and I got a, one of my set ups to be where I could talk simplex and make everything long distance, he had simplex on two meters, even 70 centimeters. I was able to talk to my wife using a digital mode C4FM from 50 watts on C4FM digital from my antenna at home which is 50 foot plus the 17 foot of the antenna, it's a GP9 by Comet and we were able to get a crystal clear C4FM signal for over 30 miles in pouring rain and I didn't die, I just, I keep talking about the C4FM digital technology and it is absolutely incredible and I just can't get over the ACRS and I need to make a connection over 2,000 miles with the digital repeater is unbelievable and I'm really loving it. The radio goes up into the sky into a passing satellite, goes across the third ocean view and the reverse trip down to your QTH. I'm running a 10-wood Tango Romeo 7-7-30 somewhat QRP or like tan, quite a bit more than I need and they bring some full short bands out of critical of about a meter or so in a vertical length, about a lot more than I can. Over. Oh, sounds like you got a blue antenna going, that sounds like a good one. This thing has got something similar to a GP3, it's about a, you know, a GP3 is a one meter, not one meter long, it's a high gain vertical and set up by a comet as well but it doesn't require a ground plane so it's nice, it's pretty cool, you have to push those little ground plane things in there. I don't know what the reason is for it but I'm able to receive air bands, I'm able to transmit on the 220 and, not me for 220 units but I got such a good SWR that I can transmit on the 220 frequency line and of course 270 centimeters on my mobile unit in my car that's a YASEN 510D and that, I'll tell you that radio right there, I'm in love with that radio, especially with the C4SM, the digital mode that it has and the system as well. It's really cool and I really enjoy the antenna because I bought the MOSIUS engineering, I can't remember the name but it's one of the top model GMRS, it's a week off from the next engineering, let me bring it for a second. My Dango Romeo 7730 is a very cheap 1970s model, it's a Dango Romeo 7730 running SM and seems to get the job done. What have you got through to you or you got through to me so I'm not sure you're doing something right. Yes, for brand names, YASEN is a very cheap brand, I've used SU equipment, the T-word equipment and also ICOM. I'm not too worried about the brand name, I've thought about brand royalty, it's just can I buy it second hand or does it check and does it work and those are the measuring tape that I use to get the signal out, it must be doing something right. Back to you in Hollywood there, ZLPC HCR in South Vanita, New Zealand. This is KU4, with 2LZ, HCR, Charlie Hotel, Alpha Romeo in Australia. I don't want to hold you up from doing whatever you're doing or have been planning to play radio for a while, that's cool. The sun is beginning to set so we want to get outside and get where we can have that window in between the sun setting and the sun fully set so we're not getting bit by mosquitoes, this is cool, we can get this thing up. I appreciate you getting us out, it's been a pleasure and nice to meet you, I'm sure definitely we will talk again many times again on the logs and I just want to say you have a wonderful rest of your day, what time is it there, I'm not sure, but morning, evening, whatever it is, enjoy the rest of it and fulfil the best of it and set my wishes about 73 from KU4, UPCA in Hollywood, Florida. Got a bit of pencil and paper out here and kind of write down your course line because I've got a hint on the frequency slide covering most of the cargo, that's the problem, which is a bit like a smaller version of a state. We've got KU4 and just the last bit of your course line there, by the way it's just come up past 5 to 10 in the morning and I've got a wash load, I was about 5 or 10 minutes or a bit of cycle where to go and then that goes on the wash line, so I'm mid-morning, New Zealand time or TV time. Ok, I will definitely, I'm going to write down that too, so it's 10 in the morning there, it's 10 am there and it's 10 pm, ok so I've got 10 minutes now, so call sign is kilo, Quebec 4, uniform, proper kilo, that's kilo Quebec 4, uniform, proper kilo and one more time KU4, UPCA, the name's Chris and it's sunny sunny Hollywood, Florida. Oh man, it's been a great talk and I hope we chat again soon. Roger, you said uniform, upper kilo and you said UPCA, so just get a verification of that course line, over. One more time, it's probably me because I do have a list in my voice, so it's, how am I going to say it, non-phonetically, KU4, UPCA, that's KU4, UPCA. Roger, I got that the second time, yep UPCA, by the way, your comment's about 220 megahertz bands, we don't have that band available to us in New Zealand, we are Region 3 and I think you are Region 2 I think, yeah, so yep, we just do what we can with our limited to a thousand watts, that's it. Just in the last few years, it used to be a hundred and fifty watts, so yeah, we just try to do a little with a watt and that can make your acquaintance and yeah, enjoy that lovely weather and watch the thunder and the winds or something and the platforms down the telephone edge.