might i direct you all to a bit of audio recorded during CQ WW SSB back in November... http://asciibaron.dyndns.org/radio/audio/cqwwdx_v_mm_net.mp3 and here is my response to the Net Control: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIm14Jk12nI i think that about sums it up. -Steve, WM3O