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Yeah, this is M7TJQ, Mike 7 Tango Juliet Quebec. Thank you so much, Graham and Helen. Good evening. Good evening and afternoon to everyone else as well. The name is Tom. I'm licensed up in Darlington. I've actually only been licensed on my foundation license for just under a month now. So I passed my license on the 14th of August and it was very exciting. I managed to get full marks, which isn't much on the foundation, but it was a good achievement. And yeah, I'm now studying for the intermediate. So yeah, I've been having a lot of fun. I was only introduced to amateur radio properly back mid-June. So not too long ago, where I met my local club, the Bishop Auckland Radio Amateurs Club up in the Shildon Railway Museum in the northeast of England. So the reason why I said I'm in Cardiff today, and please do correct me if I'm not right here, should I have added a W after my M? Maybe. I'm actually traveling. I'm from Cardiff originally. This is where I was born, capital city of Wales. I'm traveling to see family this weekend. So I was using a mobile unit in my car on the MB7ISN gateway, which is brilliant, based over in Newport. I'm in St. Melons. That colonial probably know that. But I haven't hardwired it in yet, so I'm just using the cigarette port for that. And my lights stayed on the entire time, daylight lights, and the neighbors weren't too happy. So I've moved over to Echo Link now, and it seems to be working well, hopefully. Hopefully you can hear me. But yeah, I've been having a lot of fun. This is my first net, so thank you for having me. I've enjoyed listening to all of your news. I've actually got a Whippet sat right next to me. He's quite a big one, so we call him a Whoppet. His name's Buddy, and he's a nice brown color. So yeah, here until Tuesday, and then on Wednesday, I start a new job up in Darlington with the National Health Service in IT. So I'm looking forward to that. And yeah, I'll pass the mic back to you.