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You know, the times for checking in over here are a little bit difficult. It's 6.52 p.m. in the afternoon here Wednesday and I'm just at my desk working. Got done with my normal 1.09 a.m. meeting, which happens at 6 p.m. here. I'm working kind of U.S. hours, early ones, but like 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. West Coast time or something. There's an immense amount to report, but most importantly, I don't know if you caught a report a couple weeks ago about the neighbor I met. He was a soldier in the Ukrainian army here visiting his wife and family on vacation from the army. His wife and son are refugees, I understand, from Ukraine. And he was in the actual fort in the army. I saw some wires out on their patio and went and knocked on the door and was welcomed into their home. It was really, really cool. He gave me a couple QSL cards, I have all QSL cards, QSL cards. And they're QSL cards. I don't deal with them too much, so forgive me. But I heard a rattle in the hallway just now, and I saw the family loading up on the elevator, and it was really nice to say goodbye to him. I apologize, I don't know his name, but I have a couple call signs that he operated under. U.R.3.I.S.D. as well as U.T.3.U.Q.J. He's big as f*** me. But anyways, it was kind of an emotional exchange in front of the elevator there. I said, are you shipping out? And he said, yep, I'm going back to Ukraine, dude. And I'm like, I didn't know what to say. The words that came out of my mouth were God bless. And I said, keep up the good work and safe travels. We hugged in quite a moment for me there. But yeah, we've been having a ton of fun around Europe. We've been based in Amsterdam. And speaking of the Tour de France, I went to the Grand Apart, believe it or not, in Lille on July 5th, quite something. I'm headed back to Paris this weekend to catch some more of the action on the final stage, I believe. And I'm being hosted by Internet friends in Paris not too far from the Eiffel Tower, honestly. So pretty cool and exciting times. I'll head back home on the 2nd of August. So sadly, I won't be around for the picnic. I'm going to miss another wonderful event. But maybe we'll take something in August or September. KI 7 UREAS 73 Man, I am so jealous. I'm having a wonderful and safe time over there in Europe. And yeah, I love Amsterdam. What a fun, goofy place. And yeah, lots of good memories in there. And yeah, you're coming back on our anniversary, as a matter of fact. So yeah, that's kind of cool. And we'll have to be getting together and get the stories when you get back, for sure. So take care and 73, and we will catch you later. All right, who else is out there that would like to check in? I am listening for you. Come ahead. KI 7 FWB OK, I got Matt with a recheck and I got FWB with a recheck. So I'm going to start with FWB. What you got, Bill? Take it away. Thanks, Dave. I have a book, about a 300 page book on guitars that have been wanting to give it to JSF. He's still listening. Since he's not coming to the Pink Vigids or anybody that he knows that's going to be there, they can grab that book and pass it on to him. Otherwise, it'll be here before he gets it. KI 7 FWB Well, we will find out. I would imagine there will definitely be somebody there that can pass it along, be it Jack or whoever. And I'm sure we can make arrangements for that. Hopefully somebody will chime in there and say, yes, I can do that. So we shall see. In the meantime, back to Matt. KI 7 UAF with a recheck. Go ahead. I think you had Tim in there, Dave. You made a mistake, Tim, for me. I can't think of his call sign right now. But Tim, KI 7 UAF. Oh, OK. I probably was, Tim. My apologies. There you go. And Matt, by the way, it's really cool to meet that fellow from the Ukraine. And that's very cool. So, hey, you two here. Have a great day. Have a great time over there. And I can't wait to hear the rest of the stories. So 73, Tim, KI 7 UAF, is that you? Yes, indeed it is. I'm here at my favorite Arco station, South River, actually kind of by Mill Creek. I can't remember what the name of the street is. It means exit, I think it's 1964 street or something. Anyway, I hope everyone likes hot weather because that's what we got in store today. I found out I'm going to be going to South Korea for a short visit. We've got a customer that's going to visit a factory my company has there. It's kind of silly because all their production has been in China. And, you know, labor is cheap in China, all the suppliers are in China, etc, etc, etc, etc. That's why the company is in China. But there's this big push, you know, move things out of China. We don't want to have things sent from China. This can't be labeled China. There's regulations. There's industry standards and so forth. So, a couple years ago our company bought a very small company in South Korea. I think it has something like 10 employees. Not set up for manufacturing at all. And we're trying to turn that into like a manufacturing center and impress all of our customers. Oh yeah, we can ship from South Korea. Nope, not only ship from South Korea, it has to be made in South Korea. So, anyway, it's kind of a charade. One of the problems with South Korea, of course, is that everything is more expensive. Labor is more expensive, everything, etc, etc. So, it's not going to save anybody any money to be shipping stuff from South Korea. But we're playing this game. I'm not trying to get political. I'm just saying it's international stuff, you know. So, anyway, I'll be going there. In August, mid-August is probably about the 17th or so for three or four days. Because our customer wants to visit the site and do a site tour, which I hope we can convince him that some activity is actually happening there. I know they aren't expanding the factory so that you can't actually produce stuff there. But it's not a simple or easy process. Anyway, it's a beautiful sunny day. Everyone get up there, wear your sunscreen or hat or sunglasses or whatever you need to protect yourself. KI7ZI. Hey, Tim. Well, hopefully it'll be a profitable and good trip to South Korea. That'd be cool. Lots of friends from there and I've known lots of people from there. So, there you go. Well, 73s and I hope that works out well for you. Yeah, international sales right now are really... Most of the equipment my wife works with is from overseas somewhere. You know, from Canada to Europe or you name it. And they're running into the same thing. It's what a can of warm assistance become. So, there you go. Well, 73s and we will catch you later. And this is Kilo Delta 7, Papa Whiskey Bravo 8, the High Desert Pirate Radio. 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