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AB6MB BK3KK

Yeah, thanks, Jeff. AB6MB, Diminishing Group, BK3KK, don't forget the King Arthur Round Table Net, Jeff, on Wednesday nights, my time, whatever time it is for you. We are back on board, so I know you'll be there, so I look forward to having you join that as we start that back again for another year. I didn't really do my homework at all when I was over in the States to find out if there was going to be one near me. None of them in the following play, you mentioned that there's none in Seattle, that's fine. Is there one in Vegas and is there one in Anaheim or L.A.? I'll just ask you that question. If there was none in those areas then I won't feel as bad. At one point when we were planning our trip, and I don't know, apart from doing all the things in PSR Jetty and catching up with who I wanted to catch up with. By the time I started planning everything else, there wasn't really a lot of time for anything else. So I didn't really think about it when I was over there. So a trip of mine, it won't be my last. It won't be my last. So I might see if I can visit one of those stores. Is there any ham radio outlet stores in Vegas, Anaheim and LA that you know of? If there was, if there is, then I'm probably going to kick myself. Okay, so in Los Angeles, I've never been there myself. This is like a big ham radio store. And in L.A., I haven't looked recently, but I'm pretty sure there's ham radio outlets down in the L.A. area. I can't remember if it's like in Anaheim or if it's in downtown L.A. or not, but I can't imagine there isn't a ham radio store in the L.A. area, so yeah, you had a couple opportunities to be out, but I know that Gigaparts is in, they have a store in Las Vegas. I don't think it's their main store. I think their main store is in like Huntsville, Alabama, or something like that. I'd have to look that up. But yeah, it's nice to go to the stores and actually be able to twist the dials, but as kind of alluded to, half the fun is going there and just talking to people. Like the one in Portland, I go there and I think the same people are there every time I go in there, like I know most of the people by name, they know my call sign by now, even though it's 200 miles from here. But I was there about a week ago and there was a person who walked into the store and said, hey, I'm interested in ham radio, I've heard a lot about it but I don't really know how it works or how to get started, and so the people, including the customers and even myself, started chiming in and giving this guy ideas and things like that, telling him about Parks on Air. It was a lot of fun. For me, when I first got my license in 2014, I I remember going down to Portland to a ham radio outlet for the first time and it was a real interesting experience just talking to the people and how welcoming they were. There was this old guy named Don who was kind of like a stable at HRO in Portland for many years and he passed away about five years ago I think. But yeah, you missed out. But yeah, I think I'm in for like maybe one more round, and then I'm going to move on. It's been a long day, a couple long football games, and nets and everything, so over to you Jeff.