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In the early 90s when I joined that group, there were probably 250 or more members, which was pretty good for a local club. And they were true to their name somewhat in that they did quite a bit of public service work. And I got involved with them and did some of that stuff for a while, while we were still doing it and being asked to do it by served agencies and local municipalities and various groups that were putting on events. And that was good training for me. And I also have been off and on, but mostly on, reasonably active in the National Traffic System of the American Radio Relay League, which technically isn't dedicated entirely to emergency communication. But the whole idea is that we will be pressed into service to relay health and welfare traffic and perhaps more if the situation should arise. So I stay active with that. Again, good drill, good training, and good way to test your skills and gear. So I do that, but I am sad to say that the Unica Shelby Emergency Communication Association has, over the last couple of decades, dwindled dramatically due to various forms of attrition that happened to ham radio groups around the world. People age out, people pass away, people move out of the area, people lose interest, et cetera, et cetera. And now the group probably has about 40 active members on the roster. We might get 12 show up at a monthly meeting. So it's very much a shadow of what it used to be. Anyway, I still keep a hand in there for semi-mental reasons. Back to neck control, K4HM and the group, this is Risky1 India Kilo, Jimenez Point, Michigan.