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But it's a lot of fun. I think me and Steve are the only ones who actually do it. But anyway, you meet a lot of people on there. A lot of people, a lot of old guys. You meet a guy in Ohio, he was in his 80s, and we talked for a while on 30 meters. And these people had been in it so long. He'd been licensed since he was a teenager. You can imagine what he saw back then as compared to now. Having to use 160 meters was his bad when he was licensed, because he was licensed before he moved in the 50s. Was it the 50s or the 40s? I can't remember. It was like late 40s early 50s. I'm kidding with the date I was wrote it down. I keep one of those tablets beside my desk with a pen and I write down the pertinent information. And then everything else is just copied. Imagine years ago we had to use 160 meters. That was our band. Until it didn't move around until like 3.5 minutes. We wouldn't be doing this like we do now. It would be on at night and trying to talk. Using voice. What else did I do? Actually I moved, I told you I built an infed. It's basically using a 49 to 1 bow. It's 60 some foot of wire. It'll work 40, 20, 15, and 10 without a tuner. I moved, I was getting interference. I was thinking I have to be taking this up somewhere else. Possibly off the end because I don't get it on any other antenna I've made. So I did move it. But I still get that. But it's like a half-ass unit. Bless. So I'm trying to figure that out. That doesn't make a lot of sense. I know wires are noisy. Infed type wires at times. But you know I live in town even though I've got a little land to steal. You've got people around you. You don't know what it is. It could be something in someone's house. Dog fence. There's no solar panels. It's just on one antenna. I only use it portable. Outside when I take the rig out. I don't know. I'll figure it out though. I hope you're doing good there. Stay off the salt. You remember the commercials? Dr. Chuck's low blood pressure cigarettes? I'm glad you don't use those anymore. 84, Chuck.