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AG79K and K1KFC. Well, that's very interesting and a lot of it I don't understand. I've never used the IRLP network. The only of the digital networks that are linked together in systems like we're using right now that I've used is the Echo Link and I'm using it on my phone and it was it was really the first thing I was able to get on the air with as a new ham back a year ago in November. So it's just exactly a year since I've been back on. And but then I discovered the remote hams. And that's been taking more of my time. But tonight, for some reason, I just felt like looking around here and then having a few good contacts. Yeah, it's a real thrill to go out in the open, out in the field. I haven't done a lot of that. I did when I was a kid living in New Jersey. My first time around as a ham, there was a radio club that my father and I joined. And we would go out. We'd do a field day a couple years in a row. And we went up to a place called High Point, New Jersey, which is up at the northeast corner of New Jersey connecting to Pennsylvania and New York State. And we set up a station and had generators, gasoline generators, and I was a designated kid CW operator, and I sat up all night and made a bunch of contacts on HF bands. And so now, the only thing I do now is I don't have a car. I don't drive a car anymore. I can still drive. I have a license, but I cannot afford to own a car. I'm a pretty low-end financial guy, but I don't need anything, so I'm not pleading poverty. So I ride around on a three wheel recumbent e-bike all summer, and really spring and fall and summer. And it's a great little town to be around on. I get right down by the shore, by the Atlantic Ocean. And so I got a little handheld. One of my buddies around here gave me one of these BaoFang VHF, UHF handheld radios. And I take that with me, and I'll sit down on the seashore and make a couple contacts and hit some repeaters around here. But I've never really gone portable in my adult life with HF rig, and I'd like to try to figure out a way to do that. So maybe next summer I'll be doing some of that. Back to you, Jerry. AG7IK, K1KFC. Kilo Kilo 7, November, Quebec, November. All Star Node 6222, located in Shelton, Washington. The XYL called and knocked me off there for a minute, but I lost most of that, but the Valfang is a good little radio for if all you need to do is hit the repeater. In fact, I bought the $250 fancy handheld and I sold it because my $35 Valfang did exactly what I needed it to do. I even took a dip in the canal and still managed to do alright. I'm going to have to go here, David. I hope I'm still getting through and we'll catch up with you a little bit later. AG-7IK-73.