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All righty, after all lockdown, go back to the top two. The first Rich of this round, WB7J. Rich, how are you and your cat adventures going? Hey Rebecca, good afternoon and good afternoon to the net. And good job K3OE for jumping in there. Let's see, the cat adventure isn't so great. We had a cat meltdown in Prince George, BC. My plan had been to take this sort of prolonged road trip with the cat. And my cat, Pella, she does a great job of traveling. We've been back and forth to Mexico a few times. Now, what she hadn't done a great job of is acclimating to a new place overnight. To go to a new place in the past that's taken her three or four days to settle down. My hope is that she would adapt to a changing nightly environment. And my hopes were dashed. So I skedaddled back, I mean as far as Prince George, BC, I skedaddled back to Seattle. Puyallup really. Let her hang out in an environment she's familiar with. And then I went off to the beach at the Pacific Coast. Pacific Beach is the name of the city just north of Aberdeen, Oakley, and Meria. And I've been camped out here and it's been a cool little experiment. I've got my little lithium iron phosphate battery set up with a solar panel, a little cooler and a bridge, a big tent with a cot and a chair and a little table. I mean it's, I'm trying to emulate the RV experience without the RV expense. And it's been a fun week. I've got a couple more nights here. Then I'll head back to Puyallup, pack for Mexico and head back. That's my report, Rebecca. Thanks for doing the net. 73 is to all WBs. Well, Rich, I am sorry that you ended up with the one cat in the entire world. That was not able to adapt. Just joking. Cats. Gotta love them. Well, I hope that you and Bella are, uh, yeah, get back in the routine of things and go head back to Mexico to find Miguel Allende. Have a wonderful time on the coast. That does sound lovely. Just camping on the coast. The beautiful Pacific Northwest. Yeah. The Olympic coast. Sounds lovely. Have fun camping. I'm looking forward to y'all's net tonight. You sound great, by the way. BTW. And yeah. Thanks, Rich. 73 and 88. It's always good to hear from you. Next on the list is one of the many Riches. It's Rich and Polo. K3OE. Who's going to just spout, just spew the joys and wonders of owning just the most wonderful dog. And also being a tinkerer. K3OE, KK7IJZ. Well, hi, Rebecca. And the other Rich, of course. Oh, my goodness, yes. You know yourself with Andy. You know, even if you're having a rotten day, you've got a dog. Puts their snout in your lap or on your arm. Everything is better. So that's the way it is now. You trying to check here? There we go. I guess that was a check in from Polo. Anyway, doing great here. I made some salad for lunch, which is always good. We need our green stuff, that's for sure. So I did that and got Polo out for a really nice walk this morning. It's so pleasant. You just got to get outside and enjoy it. Back to you, K3OE. This is repeater station Kilo, Kilo 7. Hello, Polo. Hey, Polo. Give Polo so many kisses for me. I love you, Polo. Hello. Oh, Rich, have a wonderful salad and a wonderful weekend in West Seattle. It's a beautiful day out here. And I hope that the two of you make it to the ice cream social. I'm sure that you will. And, yeah, I feel like you and Volko would get along. Not that you wouldn't. I mean, Rich, you're the best. All of the Riches are the best. But, yeah. Volko, W7LCO, meet Rich, K3OE. Rich, K3OE, meet Volko, W7LCO. Y'all pick out each other's QRZ and become friends. Do it! 73 and 88 Rich and, yes, so many kisses to Polo. Hi, Polo. Thank you for taking care of Rich. All right. This is Rebecca, KK7IJZ. Next on the list is Dean from Middle Lake. Yuck! KG70DB, KK7IJZ. 88 Dean. Good afternoon, Rebecca. I almost said good morning. It's a sense of déjà vu. So it's really funny, after the Lake Washington net, I was wondering, has anybody ever done the Lake Washington 11 o'clock net and then done the new net on PSRG? And I kind of thought I'd heard it, it had happened before, but now I've got the definitive answer. It would be interesting if the net had gone all the way up past noon, what would happen. Or if it went right to noon and then it's like, give me five seconds and let me change my frequency. Well, it's good hearing you again today. It's kind of a nice thing. Yeah, not really doing a whole lot. I was doing a little bit of research online. There was a question that was brought up near the end of the morning net about how much wattage you should use in your car if you have a mobile rig in your car. And it's always been my understanding that the car itself acts as a Faraday cage. So it doesn't mean you have to be not conscious of high power, especially around 50 watts. I've been curious about this question because recently I was doing a, a couple months ago, I was doing a Parks on the Air over at Lake Sammamish. And I had my mag mount antenna on the roof of my car. And so normally when I'm doing FT8 on, you know, especially mobile, I rarely ever go above about 20 or 25 watts because FT8, you're going at a very high duty cycle. You're just on completely during the 15 second transmissions you make. And at one point I was trying to reach a faraway station. And so I turned my power up to, I think it was 70 watts with my mag mount on the roof. And all of a sudden my computer screen goes blank and other little things like the mouse pad wouldn't work properly while I was transmitting. So anyway, it kind of makes me wonder, so I'm going to do a little more research on this. And yeah, I know it was Christian, KK7AIX asked the question earlier, and I know that's not any kind of definitive answer, but anyway, it's, y'all is learning something new. So anyway, this is KT7ODD, back to Nat. Well, Dean, I do have some news for you. This is my second time back to backing Nets. The 11 am and the noon net. Second time. Second time's a charm, right? And it's really not that bad, you know, whatever. I talk a lot in general and nanny for a five year old, so I am talking all day long regardless. So here I am, doing Nets. But yeah, interesting report. It's always good to hear from you, Dean. I, uh, my cat Avi is in my lap now. He is tired of me hosting Nets. He wants me to lay down forever and be by his side for eternity and for us to just be together forever in solitude. Just snuggling. And he's decided that's going to start right now. But, uh, yeah. Well, thank you so much for your report, Dean. 88 and all the numbers and have a wonderful, wonderful weekend. Next on the list is Jeff in Onion City. Alpha Bravo 6 Mike Bravo. Please come ahead with your report. Good afternoon, Rebecca. This is AB 6MB on San Francisco Bay. We're sunny out and 76 degrees. So, it's supposed to be 82 today. Meanwhile, I just went a little bit ago. I had a really good night's sleep, which I needed, and got my coffee at the ready and I'm not afraid to drink it. I'm just getting going here. Interesting about taking a cat traveling. I'm not surprised. They're very territorial and very much like their space in a certain way. So, that's interesting. Sorry that happened. Uh, see here, uh, yeah, Saturday is my favorite day for amateur radio. I've got this. Then I've got the, you know, the, uh, the board meeting. And then I've got a 3 o'clock net that's really good. Then 5 p.m. is the, uh, ham radio crash course. And then, uh, 8 o'clock is the, uh, Papa System, uh, anything but radio net. And then 9 o'clock is the, uh, PSRG net. So, yeah, the whole day is filled up with great nets. So, I really enjoy it. It's my favorite day. My, uh, my grandson wanted to come over today to visit and I said, well, can you do it tomorrow? Because, uh, my whole day is kind of filled up. And he goes, yeah, I can do that. So, he's a pretty cool kid. So, uh, anyway, that's it for today. Oh, yeah, the squirrels, uh, filled up the peanuts and the nuts and got them ready. They haven't, I mean, I just got up here a little bit ago and I haven't seen them yet. But I guarantee you they'll be around. They got to do a quality check on the peanuts and nuts to make sure they're tasty. So, Sara, turn it back to you. AB6MB. Oh, that's sweet. Your grandson wants to come visit you. How amazing is that? Aww. Well, that's fun to have. Thank you so much for the squirrel report. I hope that the quality check goes well and that all of the nuts have been approved and consumed or hidden in a very secret, top secret location. Um, yeah, have a fun amateur radio day. Just, yeah, that's great. All of these things. Oh, yeah, I forget that the Ham Radio Crash Course does their live situation every Saturday evening as well. Um, yeah, well, have a fun day, Jeff, and we'll hear from you again later on tonight on Bill and Rich's Net at 9 p.m. Ah, 7388 Jeff. All right, this is Rebecca, KK7IJZ, and you are listening to the PFRG Noon Net on this B-8 radio station. It's a beautiful, beautiful Saturday. I'm going to go ahead and pause for announcements. Okay, for all events to consider, please check out psrg.org. That's psrg.org. There's an events to consider column on the side there. Lots of events to consider, volunteer opportunities, and yeah, swap meets so much, so many things. And on psrg, you can become a member, and it's free, you have access to the remote HF station. If you are interested in helping update and expand the remote HF station, or looking for volunteers for that, please get in touch with our Vice President Brooks, K9BDC. If you have any interest in, um, yeah, helping out with updating and, yeah, just a week, just help out with our remote HF station. It is, yeah, it'll be cool. And just get in touch with Brooks, K9BDC. Also today, on August 9th at 1.30 p.m. Pacific time, is our club board meeting. The Zoom link is already posted on our website, psrg.org. Just click the Zoom link to attend. You must be a board member to, um, vote, but, um, yeah, just kind of see how the sausage is made. There is so much that happens behind the scenes. At psrg, there's just a lot of hard work and love goes into maintaining the club in all different sorts of ways. So, yeah, just even if you have it on in the background, just listen to a board meeting, more of an understanding of how the club works. And then tomorrow is our ice cream social at Green Lake. So, Jack, KI7RMU and Boston Overbill usually get there at the crack of dawn, helping set everything up. And they just kind of go on all day. The new net is hosted there by Cami and Robert, KJ7JXM and KJ7RAB. There's always donuts and coffee, and it's an ice cream social, so there will be ice cream. At Green Lake, there's lots of things to do. You can walk around, hang out, dog watch, and, yeah, and meet a bunch of fun ham radio folks in 3D. It's always a good time. And, yeah, just putting faces to names, face to call signs. It's a lot of, it's so much fun. So, then tomorrow's rain or shine. The new net will be hosted there, so get there, you know, any time around the new net. Early, late, they usually last a long, long time. So, Green Lake. But everything, ham radio is posted at, everything PSRG is posted at PSRG.org or at, on our Facebook discussion group page, the PSRG website. And don't forget about the SimplexNet tonight as well. So, the SimplexNet, the frequency is 146.6, and it's at 8 p.m. in the Seattle Seattle area. So, board meeting, 1.30 today. Simplex, tonight, 8 p.m. Board meeting, I mean, board meeting, oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 1.30 today. Simplex, tonight, 8 p.m. Board meeting, I mean, board meeting, oh. Ice cream social, meet everybody, tomorrow, Green Lake. Alright, this is KK7IJZ. Let's continue on with the net. I'll sign the name, RS, and internet. Kilo Juliet 7, Romeo Alfibrado, Kami. Hey Kami, 33, got you on the list. More stations, please. KJ7WQI, Matt. Clear. Hey Matt, got you on the list. More stations, please. KK7IJZ, Kami.