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Hi, Rebecca. The antenna net was great. It just went like one hour, and it was a very, very good net. One of the most interesting things about it, we were talking about fiberglass on antennas, or antennas that have fiberglass, and how long the fiberglass lasts, and how you can keep it in good shape and everything. And I really never thought about that, but there's a lot of antennas out there that have fiberglass enclosures. And you kind of wonder, one of my counterparts on the net said that he had worked on a fiberglass antenna. He said he got all kinds of tiny little fibers stuck in his hands. And it took him a couple of days to get rid of all those little fibers. That's one drawback of fiberglass. And then what do you use to keep it in shape? There's resins and all sorts of other materials you can put on it to have it hold its integrity. But a lot of those antennas fail because moisture gets in the antenna itself. And so we were talking about how fiberglass, where the connector connects into the fiberglass, that's a good point for moisture getting in. So it's something to keep an eye on and how to troubleshoot it. And we just had the other usual questions. And I said it was a good solid hour. And it sure had me thinking at some parts, I tell you. But it was a great effort by a bunch of fellow HABs helping each other out on antennas. So once again, this is the antenna net on Friday nights at 7 PM on the Poppa system. And if you go to my QRZ page, it will tell you how to get there from everything from All Star, DStar, DMR, P25, and Echo Link. So it's really easy to get to. Just go to my QRZ page at alpha bravo 6 Mike Bravo. Love to have you. So with that, Rebecca, oh yeah, here in the Bay Area here was sunny out. And I don't know, today hit about 70. So it wasn't a hot day, thankfully. And had the squirrels on the patio doing their usual bit and eating the different peanuts and nuts and chasing each other and generally being squirrels, being squirrelly. Yeah, I watched one out there just kind of rolling around in the dirt. I've never seen that before. But I think I was rocky. I was out there doing those sorts of stuff. And I just kind of, man, that squirrel is losing it. But on that, that's what went on here today. So back to that, AAB6MB.