diff --git a/aprsd/main.py b/aprsd/main.py
index 11e67ce..549fb2d 100644
--- a/aprsd/main.py
+++ b/aprsd/main.py
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ import sys
 # import telnetlib
 import threading
 import time
-import urllib
+#import urllib
+import requests
+
 
 import click
 import click_completion
@@ -865,17 +867,25 @@ def server(loglevel, quiet):
                 # get my last location from aprsis then get weather from
                 # weather service
                 try:
-                    url = ("http://api.aprs.fi/api/get?"
-                           "&what=loc&apikey=104070.f9lE8qg34L8MZF&format=json"
-                           "&name=%s" % fromcall)
-                    response = urllib.urlopen(url)
-                    aprs_data = json.loads(response.read())
+                    LOG.debug("A")
+                    url = ("http://api.aprs.fi/api/get?" "&what=loc&apikey=104070.f9lE8qg34L8MZF&format=json" "&name=%s" % fromcall)
+                    #response = urllib.urlopen(url)
+                    LOG.debug("B")
+                    response = requests.get(url)
+                    #aprs_data = json.loads(response.read())
+                    LOG.debug("C")
+                    aprs_data = json.loads(response.text)
                     lat = aprs_data['entries'][0]['lat']
                     lon = aprs_data['entries'][0]['lng']
-                    url2 = ("https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=%s"
-                            "&lon=%s&FcstType=json" % (lat, lon))
-                    response2 = urllib.urlopen(url2)
-                    wx_data = json.loads(response2.read())
+                    url2 = ("https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=%s" "&lon=%s&FcstType=json" % (lat, lon)) 
+                    LOG.debug("D")
+                    #response2 = urllib.urlopen(url2)
+                    response2 = requests.get(url2)
+                    LOG.debug("E")
+                    #wx_data = json.loads(response2.read())
+                    wx_data = json.loads(response2.text)
+                    print(wx_data)
+                    LOG.debug("F")
                     reply = "%sF(%sF/%sF) %s. %s, %s." % (
                         wx_data['currentobservation']['Temp'],
                         wx_data['data']['temperature'][0],
@@ -885,9 +895,14 @@ def server(loglevel, quiet):
                         wx_data['data']['weather'][1])
 
                     # unicode to ascii
-                    reply = reply.encode('ascii', errors='ignore')
-                    send_message(fromcall, reply.rstrip())
-                except Exception:
+                    LOG.debug("F")
+                    reply = reply.rstrip()
+                    LOG.debug("G")
+                    LOG.debug("reply:  " + reply)
+                    send_message(fromcall, reply)
+                    LOG.debug("H")
+                except Exception as e:
+                    LOG.debug("Weather failed with:  " + "%s" % str(e))
                     reply = "Unable to find you (send beacon?)"
                     send_message(fromcall, reply)