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Yeah, 84 HM VK 2DY here in Robertson, Midwestern Sydney, where it's currently 18 degrees Celsius, about 66 Fahrenheit. We'll get a couple more degrees than that. The rain has finally left us after about three weeks, a little over three weeks, and the sun is out. It's bright, clear sunny sky. You can feel the warmth of the sun, but we're still holding in the late winter temperatures here. That's going to change pretty quick. Anyway, looking forward to spring and summer and all that comes with it. How did it become him? My father was always into electronics. That was what my father's interest was. He ended up getting into World War II. It shows you how old I am. They assigned him duty as a radio man. He worked as a radio man in Newfoundland. That time was, I guess, a semi-independent country. He helped direct planes back and forth across the Atlantic. He learned Morse code. He learned it very well. I think he'd copy about 60 words a minute. When he got out of the Army, he went into electronics and studied electronics, worked as a broadcast engineer for a radio station. By the time I came around, there was radios and oscilloscopes and electronics all around the house. I grew up with electronics and that kind of thing. My father showed me ham radio, showed me shortwave radio, showed me all these sort of things that were going on on the radio. I, of course, laughed it up. I really enjoyed learning about it. Unfortunately, I never acquired his skill at Morse code. I had to wait for the code requirement to go away before I became a ham. By the time that had come about, I was out of the house. I finished university. I had a couple of close friends who were ham radio enthusiasts as well. I think the day since the Morse code requirement went away, I went with a friend of mine. We went and I took the test and I got my license. Ever since then, I've been licensed in ham radio. I've always been surrounded by people who like electronics and radio. I've always had an interest. I ended up being in IT. I think I've gone all the way over there.