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They used a DVI, but they didn't even have that. You couldn't hook up an external monitor to it. But they really listened and you got also a receive antenna port on the back, which is an SMA, that wasn't there. And so on a rig in that price class with the receive antenna port is nice for those that work 160 and 80 meters. They want to just have a small loop to receive, you know, because other antennas are noisy on those bands. But they have come out with also more efficient as well as far as in the use of, as far as power, as far as running it long on batteries. It's just a big SDR. Nothing has to be exciting. I think it's supposed to be out. If it's not out in December, they're thinking, some people are saying they think it's going to be around January. Probably it'll be out in time for that ham fest in Florida in February. But man, they've come out with so much stuff. You know, the new stuff is what pushes the market. You know, you got to have something. The Chinese are doing a deal with their handhelds and with their other radios too. But then the Japanese are doing it also. You got to have it. That's the only thing that keeps it moving. You know, I mean, there's got to be something you, you know, to push the envelope, to do something a little bit better, whether it's a little quieter, more efficient. I mean, my God, you look at that flex that's coming out. It's going to be like seven grand. It's a 500 watt radio that you can run off of batteries. I mean, you can just plug it into your wall. It's that efficient. I don't even know a lot about it. But besides that, I mean, you can take it out for a portable operation running that much power on batteries. I mean, that's a heck of a radio.