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I don't know if anyone has noticed that there is a coating of ash on everything. There's ash on my car, there's ash on the chairs outside. It's the end of some means to put out that fire light cushion and that's a good thing. So here's for a little hint of what we're going to do. Here's for a little cleansing rain to maybe end of summer worth it. On a different note, this is kind of interesting. Usually the PSRG repeater is clear as a bell, but tonight it's kind of scratchy and I don't know, picket-fencing kind of. And on Saturday, I tuned in to SimplexNet and I was in the office and I was in the office. I tuned in to SimplexNet and that was really bizarre because I was hearing Belling, let's see, Brammerson stations, Conway stations, clear as a bell. Bellevue was kind of scratchy and everyone was calling in saying I'm broadcasting with 50 watts with this antenna or that antenna. And I'm on my 5 watt HT and I thought, well, what the heck, I'll just push the button. So I pushed the button and I was coming through clear as a bell for everybody. It was very strange. So the fact that the PSRG repeater tonight is kind of scratchy, that's also strange. But I've got no radio for you. Back to the net, KK7, dead ROI. Good night everybody. Thanks for hosting the net. Well, Robert, the air quality seems all right. I'm not looking at it. I do have the, I do have, well, never mind when I start going into detail. So I won't. See, what you're hearing is splutter, that's what my brother Clay calls it and some other friends. Splutter, not splatter or splooter or splipper. But splutter, a kind of packet loss that's in the controller, in the Raspberry Pi and the connections that it manages between different receivers and the transmitter. And it's, you know, the receivers are linked to the transmitter via a 5 gigahertz microwave, which is part of the HamWAN. Our amateur radio, a 5 gigahertz microwave network in western Washington. There's also another HamWAN in the eastern U.S. And if Jack is listening, he'll probably at some point reset, he'll reboot the Pi, the Raspberry Pi. And so Jack, if you're listening, if you want to do that, just let us know. Otherwise, if it doesn't get reset, it works its way out. So the splutter will go away. As far as the SimplexNet goes, it's simplex. It's just radio to radio. Some people are running 50 watts. Some people always run 50 watts even if they're just talking to someone on the next block. I like to see how low I can go. But yeah, if you were in a good position, a lot of people can hear you. But of course, not everyone can hear you at 5 watts. I used to run 4 watts and I have been coaxed into running 22 watts now. And more people can hear me. But it's fun. I hope you keep doing the SimplexNet because it's just radio to radio. And right now, the problem is not a problem with reception. It's a problem with the packet loss in the system. Take care, Robert. Thank you for checking in. Next, we have Carrie in Scotland. Mike Zero, Romeo, Kilo, November. And Carrie, I will try to make out as much as I can, but as you can hear, I hear a lot of splutter, a lot of packet loss, but I will focus and listen to what you have to say. 33, YL to YL, I see you across the room. And this is Joan, KX2CW asking for you, Carrie. Carrie, Mike Zero, RKM, Mike Zero, RKM, Carrie in Scotland. Please go ahead. I see in the voterscope and the node list that there's W9. W9MAQ is keyed down, but we're not hearing any audio. And also, I'm not able to raise Carrie. And I'm looking down the node list to find her. Call sign. Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. They see me scrolling and ad-hating. And I don't see her. So I'll ask one more. Good. W9MAQ, thank you for dropping. Carrie, Mike Zero, RKM in Scotland. Please go ahead. This is repeater station kilo kilo seven, November Quebec November, all star node 6222, located in Shelton, Washington. Oh, dear. So we lost Carrie. So I'm going to note that Cody, AG7LR is in and out. Thank you, Cody, for stopping by. And now in order to my brother, Clay, and sister, Rachie, Clay G4OZW, this is your sister, KX2CW in Seattle, Washington, asking for you in Alabama. Please go ahead.