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Yeah hello again KB0MAI. Is Hemerill becoming obsolete because of the evolution of mankind and technology? Beep the hell out of me. I need to ensure I've changed a lot over the last 30 years I've been in. When I first got in there weren't cell phones, long distance phone calls where you could be across the street from a friend and you get charged $6 to make a phone call to them. Look at all the things that changed with computers, the internet, cell phones. It's most definitely dropped off you know there's no doubt about that. If you're not I mean it just has to evolve and change as we've changed right so you got all these old timers out there and they just you know they are dead set on this is the only way we can do it no other way and if you do it any other way you can't call yourself a ham radio operator. But you know because of the we've evolved and technologies change things that were obsolete because of all these other technologies are coming back. In my hometown of Kansas City we have is what's called KC wide it's a network of fusion repeaters. I think there's something like 40 or 50 repeaters not only just in Kansas City but up in Omaha I think Des Moines, down in Florida, Georgia and it's just spreading out there and so now you can you know get on KC wide. They do have a lot of boring nets I agree that needs to change and I don't know how they can change it but it's the repeaters are becoming useful again. It's another form of networking you got to use your VHF, VHF radios with the internet and interface and all fours so forth like that but it's doing something that was never been done before and I think it's absolutely wonderful that we have it you know so I don't think it's obsolete I just think it's changing and once all the old guys die off and we have all the young ham radio operators around maybe there'll be more enthusiasm towards it I don't know. As for nets there are some good nets out there everybody says the only one they hear is you know you know this cow bung a net and this is the one that's all to me it's a good net it's I enjoy it that's why I'm here all the time you know I like checking in but nets are not the all end all be all of ham radio. I you know took my time mind you but there's other places I go where there's select groups of people and we have conversations all day long just like we do here and there is no net control it's just when we when somebody pops in we start talking and when somebody's gone we don't you know but I've had some really fun filled and develop some friendships outside of nets on private fusion rooms you know that's why I like fusion so much you just got a look and you got a search and eventually you'll find a couple other groups out there they do exist and they don't have net controllers or or lots of rules or it's kind of almost a private deal where there's no repeaters even set up on the system and you can you know be very candid about what you want to talk about so I guess what I'm trying to say is that don't ruin it yourself just the nets you know there's there's hundreds of thousands of people out there on all the different digital modes and one of the reasons why ham radio operators get involved in this is because they want to meet people and make friends and it can be done you just got to put yourself out there so don't limit yourself expand your Verizon's grisons not Verizon yeah either way and be all you can be join ham radio thank you baby's your own there