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I like the idea of net controls. And you are right, that format opens up different possibilities. So I am new. I mean, everybody knows this. I consider myself one of the newest people and I am definitely the newest. So I know we have this Christmas thing coming up, which I don't know much about. A little bit I have seen on Facebook and the Ddropin website. But I just lost my train of thought. Where was it? Where was I going with this? Okay. With the net controllers and the teams. Okay. Sorry. You see what works best for me sometimes. I was glancing something on my screen and lost my train of thought. Team controllers. I don't know how the Christmas thing is done. And I don't know how long it lasts. But team controllers could make that easier on people or even extend it. Or if you want to do fundraising or something. Like a 24-hour net. That would also give Ray to do something like that. I can tell you that as a new ham radio operator, I find most ham nets boring. I have been exploring a lot lately. Listening in. They are boring. I'm sorry. They just aren't. I am a 45-year-old guy. I don't consider myself old, but I am not really young. I am new to ham radio. I got my license less than a year ago. And this is. But not the hobby. Every net other than this one that I have written and explored. Not every net. Just about every net. Is check in. Maybe tell them a little bit about your day. And then listen the rest of the time. Or you just check in. And then the next person checks in. And then the next person checks in. And then the next person checks in. And then you are done. There is no communication. There is no talking. I understand there is a need for those types of nets. You know, for emergency weathers or something like that. But it seems like that is really all there is out there. Other than this net. There are a few other nets that I have found that I like. Technology stuff or space. There are topic oriented nets that I check out. But even they are not like this net. And like I told Bill, this net has really become an integral part of my day. It is all the ham radio that I do at the moment. But that could change. So, what I am getting at is as a new ham radio person, ham radio is kind of boring. And there is no wonder why it is not a top ten hobby anymore. It is something that I think everybody needs to address and try to bring into modern times. Hang on one second. To finish up my thought real quick. I think it is something that we do need modernization added on to. I am not talking about hardware. I am talking about the actual applications. That is where this came into mind. I am sure there are other platforms out there. But it is so easy to integrate it into other things. You could do a multimedia style ham radio net. You could still have ham radio on me. You could, like Gray said, let's say I am talking about some story I found. It is awful hard for us to share that link using echo link or All-Star through a chat feature. That would give us the ability to do something like that. There are so many possibilities. So, yeah, I get where you are going, Gray. With that, let's send it down to Peter V.E. Warren, W.I.N. and see what he has to say.