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Alright, definitely a couple familiar voices there. VE3G, VEJ, Cam will be with you in just a second. And up first, VE3BZ, Kevin in Victoria Harbour. Welcome to the net. Kevin, I don't think you've, I don't think maybe you've ever missed a trans-Canada net. I think we've both been, both been here from the start. Welcome to the net today, and what's the furthest you've reached? Located in Sheldon, Washington. Well good afternoon, Chris and everyone on the net, and no, I've missed quite a few nets, or a handful anyway. Anyway, Antarctica on just after I got my license, about a year after I got my license in 2014, single sideband on 20 meters, R1 ANT, it's about 11,000 miles, and I did the conversion that was, I don't know, 17,000 something kilometers. So, that's it. Now you mentioned South Africa, it sounds like you worked Bill ZS6 CCY, he's got a huge station down there. I worked him another, he's always on 40 meters almost every night, pretty much, but I've worked him a number of times. Anyway, thanks Chris, back to you, EE3BZ. Yeah, that was the guy, he's got a pretty amazing setup, and I probably had him at about 10 over nine or something. A friend of mine in New York City, who just has a little portable shortwave receiver in his apartment, he's heard him on 40 meters. So, yeah, the guy's got a huge signal. Thanks for joining us, Kevin. And next up, oh, I wanna mention, Vector Echo 3 Romeo Sierra Bravo has just joined us, the Burlington computer. We had a connection issue at the start of the net, that's why we were, that's why I started late. That's where I was connected to first, and for whatever reason, we didn't connect up automatically, but we are now. So, hello to Burlington, Ontario, my home club, and VE3 Golf, Victor Golf, welcome to the net, what's the furthest you've got? Good evening, good afternoon, Chris, this is VE3 Golf, Victor Golf, name is Cam Location, Belleville. This was a doozy, it happened, I guess, shortly after I got my license in 1973. 73 or 74, I worked, ZL2 Bravo Tango, that was his call sign, I still remember it, crystal clear. And it was at 80 meters, 80 meters, and that's where, and so ZL2 BT, and that was at 80 meters. And then shortly afterwards, the local net came on, on TARS, and we had a station from BC call in, and he was like 40 over nine or something like that, so the band that morning was really wide open, so anyway, but that was, that was definitely front on 80 meters, VE3G, VG. Yeah, extraordinary conditions, I've certainly not experienced that yet. Yeah, getting that far on 80, that's really something. Were you running a vertical back then? No, just the bazooka dipole, the supplied to the blind, so yeah. And so we had that set up, and that was even before the tower and the beam and everything else I had up, and the repeater and everything else I had going on, so that was an early installation at the same time, I'll go ahead. Boy, that's really something. All right, thanks, Cam. That's a great one, and another regular here on the TransCanada. I'm at the bottom of my list, do we have anyone else in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, or Ontario for the TransCanada, please check in.