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And we also had Charlie Casey to STO was an in and out. Thank you, Charlie. And now the announcements. And I turn to the PSRG.org. That's our URL for our club, the Puget Sound Repeater Group, who administer this repeater. We have three repeaters that we operate. Two meter and six meter FM and a 70 centimeter DMR repeater. What the events to consider, there are just three of them, and I'm going to elaborate on a couple of them, but of course Saturday, October 25th. Remember that date? That will be the Halloween Rain or Shine New Net at Gasworks Park. And I myself was unclear about what the date was until I looked it up. I said, okay, well, this is going to be on the 31st or a different day. And my question was answered by going to the website, PSRG.org, and finding that it's October 25th. And then we also on Saturday, November 8th, will be the educational meeting on Zoom. And Saturday, December 13th, the PSRG board meeting on Zoom. Those are the three events to consider. We're down to just a few things here. But now on our home page, again at PSRG.org, go to that page, go to that URL, and you will see the special notices. And there are two of them, the Halloween Rain or Shine Net and the educational meeting on November 8th. And just to give you the copy, which you can find on our web page, PSRG.org. I feel like I should be saying Bob's quality means. Season 7, episode 6 of the Rain or Shine Net is Saturday, October 25th. Halloween Rain or Shine New Net Extravaganza at Gasworks Park. We'll be next to the covered gasworks by Lake Union on the east side of the park. The east side of the park. Come on by for donuts, coffee, check in the nets. Wear a costume. Last year I was a NASA astronaut, if you're so inclined. And if you can't make it in person, check into the new net on RF or Accolink or All Star. And there's a little map of where it's located, a map of Gasworks Park that is also on our home page at PSRG.org. And I hope to see people there. I'm planning on going. What am I doing on the 25th? I'll be done with the medical procedures by then a few days later. So I think I should be there. So anyway, also the PSRG educational meeting on November 8th. Satellites and the ISS, that's the International Space Station folks, which we're not going to have forever. I think they should just put it into a parking orbit, even if it's uninhabited, because it's an artifact. It's one of humanity's most amazing artifacts. It would be like, okay, we're done with these pyramids, let's tear them down. So the plan is to de-orbit the ISS, and I for one think it's worth preserving as an historic artifact. Come on, billionaires, can some of you put a rocket motor in a thing and bump it up to geosynchronous orbit or something for safekeeping? Of all the garbage satellites that are floating around up there, hundreds of them, thousands of them, but actually dozens of really big satellites.