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QST, QST, QST. This is a message addressed to all amateur radio operators. The Worldwide Friendship Net is beginning now, October 5, 2025, 1400 UTC. It goes for about an hour starting at 7 a.m. for those of us on Pacific time. We're on the Michigan Conference on Ecolink as well as IRLP on nodes 9617 and 96170. For more information about the net, please check out our webpage at worldwidefriendshipnet.org. We also have a Facebook group. Search there for Worldwide Friendship Net and you do need a Facebook account to join the group. This net is open to all amateur radio operators. It is a directed net and I'm your net control for today. My name is Gina. My call is KB7DEC and I'm located in Portland, Oregon. Since this net is connected through several links with Ecolink and IRLP, please allow additional time between transmissions for latency and for all the repeaters to reset their timers. Worldwide Friendship Net is a popular net so prolonged check-ins that go on over four minutes may be needed to allow for others that have checked in to have their time. Again, my name is Gina and my call is KELO Delta 7, GOLF Echo Charlie. I do have a question for the day. Today's question is what is your favorite way to unwind in your free time? Besides ham radio. We're all doing that, right? When you check in, please speak your call signs slowly and in phonetics. At this time, I'm taking mobile or short time stations for this first round. Again, just mobile or short time stations. Please come now with your call signs for checking.