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my ticket in 1963. Well, actually I got my novice in 1964 and my general in 1965. We had the School for the Blind in Nebraska had a piece of property out that they had picnics and stuff at. So we were out there and somebody had a pair of walkie talkies and they were CB walkie talkies. So I started playing around with that and somebody, I just said, anybody copy this station? And somebody came back and said, yeah, can you guess where I'm from? And he said, Greenland. And after that I couldn't leave the radio alone. So other than that, but everything was so different, you know. When I got my ticket in 1965, I was out there and when I first got started with field day and all that kind of stuff, you had to build your own tuna fish can receiver and transmitter. So that was part of it, that was true preparation. And it ain't that way no more. Anyway, that's mine. Whiskey Alpha Zero Tango Alpha X Ray. W80TAX KF5Y Hank, that's pretty cool right there. I think my first contact was KF5LBTG right across the subdivision on a local repeater and I'll never forget it. I couldn't believe it when somebody came back and said, I'm from the North Carolina area. I was just sitting there and I was like, I don't know if somebody answered me, but I can't imagine getting an answer from Greenland. I can see why you never put that microphone down or that key. I know you like doing that too. We're going to work on CW Morse code there. Hank, I promise you, I just got busy. And, God, it's a struggle, but I'm not giving up. So Hank, thanks for being here. And I'm going to turn it over to the KF5SSR. Jeanette, go ahead. Thank you, Hank. W80TAX, the tax man. Hey, Hank, yeah, we are definitely going to get with you with the CW. But, you know, Mike did a clean sweep on the 13 colonies and I think 10 of them or something were done in CWs. He definitely knows more than, has done way more than me, so I'm behind. But that's just natural. Anyway, Hank, thank you for being here. And KC7YFE Dale, how about you? How you doing? And how's everything going? And what got you interested in amateur radio? That is the question. But, oh well, that's our topic. But if you have something you would rather talk about, we're certainly open. So over to you, Dale.