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You know, I'm thinking, I'm looking over the notes and everything, I'm thinking, I mean I already have a node that is built in my Raspberry Pi. I've already got DV switch put in, I've got all scan put in, I've got all the little cool things that go on a node. It's already there. It's good to go. I don't have my DV switch set up for all the digital modes as a hotspot, but that wouldn't take much to do from what I'm understanding. I still need to buy something to connect to it to make it RF. I'm still leaning towards that device that Gabby said. I mean, I'm not seeing anything better right now for the price. Clear node's not bad. I mean, I've looked at clear node, I've read a lot of reviews about clear node. Clear node is the apple of ham radio in my mind. It's pre-made, good to go, here you go. I don't want that. I'm too extra for that. That's why the reason why I built my node rather than buy one pre-made. I like to tinker and I like to mess with stuff. I like to learn things. Man, that makes the frustration level 10 times as high whenever I do that, but I have a feeling that that's the route I'm going to go and that somebody can just justify the added expense. It's not that I don't have the money. I'm pretty frugal with money. I just am. If I don't see a valid, solid point to buy something, I'm not buying it. The corn chain, I can see a valid reason to buy it. I don't like to use the R5 thing I got from Bail. I don't like it. It's like a G-Adjo toy. I just don't care for it. I've never been happy with it, so it's easier to justify trying the new HD because of that. However, clear node being $300 or $400-ish to start off with, which I already have. From what I've read on the clear node, for $385, you get the raspberry 5. I have the raspberry 4 plus. I can always go up and buy a new 5. The software and stuff that they put on it is pretty much the same software I already have on mine. I just don't have it set up. That's going to be interesting. I think I'll be reading over that over the next few weeks and seeing what I can do with that. I do have to get some RF signals built into mine. That's where I'm stuck at at the moment. I don't know which direction. I have tried the cheapo all-in-one cable plugged into a Bail thing. Like Dale said, don't do that. It's awful. Your Bail fan will transmit really good for about 15-20 minutes and it gets too hot and it dies. I've tried putting it in a bag of ice. I've tried putting a fan on it. I mean, those little handhelds have no heat sink, so they're not made for that. I see a lot of attachments to those that are built off of small radios, like the I think it's a AAA-888. I'm not sure how that's getting bad without cooling. So anyhow, I have a lot to sort through. You all are helping and hurting, but mainly helping. So thank you all so much. Now we're going to move to us by Mr. George. George, the mic is yours, buddy.