I guess I am just too much "old school". I don't keep up with all the new 2 meter toys and equate much of today's repeater stuff to linked computers...is it really radio? I'm just not advancing as quickly as technology. When I did 2 meter and 432 meteor scatter it was before computer audio cards doing the work. We listened for 30 seconds and transmitted for the other 30 seconds. Amazing, it worked and was fun to hear a station 1300 miles away on SSB come out of the noise sounding like he was next door. Granted, lots of the frustration has been eliminated by FT8 and the other new modes. I've had a dark cloud following me around today and every technical thing I have touched has gone to hell in a hand cart. I've been fighting major computer problems, cellular problems and SDR problems all day long. I've got my station the way I like it, finally. Sorry for my ramblings...I know there's a niche for every ham. I'm in northern Utah almost to the Idaho border and 15 years ago there was a ton of weak signal V/U activities, but it is gone. There was a day of being able to talk with five states from my location just simplex with 100 watts on 144 & 432 and how it is missed. I envy your location and having such a great group of hams in your area. Great clubs, too I imagine. 73, K7UV