In a message dated 8/17/04 7:21:28 AM Central Daylight Time, rmthorne at cox.net writes: As far as this being permissable I don't see a problem with it. I believe the only problem with it is that it's against the rules, at least in ARRL contests. Or am I misunderstand the "General Rules" as applied to this situation? 73, Don - K4BEV